Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead

Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead

Copyright Holder (Illustrations)Labyrinth Publishing (UK) Ltd.
PublisherPenguin Group, Viking Penguin
Copyright Holder (Text)Manuela Dunn Mascetti
Typeset byGoodfellow & Egan
ProducerLabyrinth Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Printed byMohndruck GmbH
Copyright Holder (Cover/Jacket Art)Diana & Marlo
ImprintViking Studio Books
Designed byIvor Claydon
Art Director/EditorIvor Claydon
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationNew York
Copyright1992
Pages / Font224 pages
Printer's Key1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
ISBN 100-670-84664-3
Library of Congress Classification NumberGR830.V3M29 1992
Dewey Decimal Classification Number398'.45—dc20
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number92-53515
Barcode (EAN)9780670846641
EAN 590000
ChaptersINTRODUCTION: The Doors to Darkness CHAPTER ONE: The Anatomy of a Vampire Grave Discoveries • Beyond the Physical CHAPTER TWO: Birth of the Undead The Revenant • Trespassing the Gates of Death • Supernature • Mirror Images Hidden Practices • Disposed to be a Vampire • Destined to be a Vampire Made to be a Vampire • Vampire's Undoing CHAPTER THREE: The Ways of the Vampire Progress Towards Immortality • Intrinsic Perils • A Vampire's Convenience Bloodlust of the Countess Bathory • Dressing for Dinner CHAPTER FOUR: In Search of Count Dracula A Journey into Dracula Country • Home of the Blood Drinker Prince Dracula the Impaler • The Dracula Clan • Dracula's Death, Dracula's Birth CHAPTER FIVE: Family of Vampires Lord Ruthven • Varney the Vampire • The Knight Azzo • Carmilla • Julia Stone The Girl with the Hungry Eyes • Count Dracula: Prince of Darkness CHAPTER SIX: The Vampire Library The Horror House of Lords • The Literary Dracula • Polidori's Vampyre CHAPTER SEVEN: Awesome Beginnings Corridors of Glower • Death Lies Bleeding • Naming the Dead Ascending the Vampire Line • Far-Far East CHAPTER EIGHT: How to Kill a Vampire Preventing the Dead • Preventing the Vampire • Killing the Vampire
NotesFirst American Edition Printed in Germany
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