The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan [TRADE PAPERBACK] • 1988

The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories edited by Alan Ryan 

FIRST EDITION TRADE PAPERBACK [1987] PENGUIN

Early printing w/ Edward Gorey cover.

Very solid reading copy.  A few mid-sized chips to rear cover.  Otherwise, very good.  Reads perfectly with a hint of tanning. 

THEY'RE LURKING UNDER THE COVER OF DARKNESS...

and between the covers of this book. Here, in all their horror and all their glory, are the great vampires of literature-male and female, invisible and metamorphic, doomed and daring.

Their skin deathly pale, their nails curved like claws, their fangs sharpened for the attack, they are gathered for the kill and for the chill, brought frighteningly to life by Bram Stoker, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Robert Bloch, Charles L. Grant, Tanith Lee, and other masters of the macabre. Careful... they are all crafty enough to steal their way into your imagination and steal away your hopes for a restful sleep.
Cover design by Melissa Jacoby Cover illustration by Edward Gorey