{"product_id":"bram-stoker-signed-letter-2-months-before-publishing-dracula-autograph-1897","title":"BRAM STOKER Signed Letter 2 Months Before Publishing Dracula Autograph * 1897","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); margin-block-start: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\" color=\"#0039f3\"\u003eSTOKER LETTER JUST 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF 'DRACULA'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); margin-block-start: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); margin-block-start: 0px; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81);\"\u003eLegendary \"Dracula\" author BRAM STOKER scarce fully handwritten letter dated March 24, 1897 on Lyceum Theater letterhead and signed at the conclusion in full as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\"\u003e\"Believe me, Sincerely, Bram Stoker\"\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81);\"\u003e. In his capacity as Business Manager of the theater, Stoker forwards a signed photograph of Lyceum owner and renowned Victorian stage actor, Sir Henry Irving.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003eThis particular letter from Stoker comes just 2 short months before his magnum opus \"Dracula\" is published in May 1897 – although in his time it never achieved the global success it now enjoys today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56);\"\u003eDuring his lifetime Stoker was perhaps better known as the personal assistant of famed actor Sir Henry Irving. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit;\"\u003eL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003eiterary scholars have theorized that Stoker's tumultuous friendship with the charismatic Irving is said to be the true inspiration for the Gothic horror story of Van Helsing and his nemesis, Dracula.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; caret-color: rgb(56, 56, 56); text-decoration-thickness: initial;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThe Stoker letter has been thoroughly reviewed and certified authentic by PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION and sealed inside PSA\/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed encapsulate. UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED GENUINE.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(67, 66, 61);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: var(--text-align, var(--text-align-default)); box-sizing: border-box; width: var(--width); max-width: var(--max-width, 100%); caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.81); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(67, 66, 61);\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eCondition is as shown with scattered stains, toning, some light wrinkles, mailing fold at midline, all consistent with age, use and handling. 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