THE VAMPIRE: HIS KITH AND KIN
Book Details + Condition: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co. (London). First Edition, 1928. Hardcover. 356 pages. The first British edition (preceding the American edition by one year) of the first and somewhat scarcer, of Montague Summers' famous two studies of the history, lore and practice of Vampirism. Chapters include:
- The Origins of the Vampire
- The Generation of the Vampire
- The Vampire in Assyria, The East, and some Ancient Countries
- The Vampire in Literature
A solid and clean copy of a scarce first British edition. From the massive occult collection of King Lawrence Parker - academic, dissertation author, and book collector extraordinaire. Firm binding; lightly rubbed corners and edges; slight fading to spine, with chafed ends; Parker's bookplate to inside front board; interior is clean and free of markings.
