Search Results: bloody countess the by penrose valentine

Creation Books, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Glitter Books, 2015. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Creation Books. New edition. Paperback. Used; Good. Simply Brit – welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. 10/24/1996

London: Creation Books , 1996. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Not Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The cover has some minor surface wear. .

Sun Vision Press, 2012-06-30. 2. Paperback. Good.

Solar Books, 11/3/2006 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 0.6299 in x 8.3465 in x 5.4724 in. Paperback. Former owner's inscription on interior of front cover. Otherwise, clean and solid. Ships from a smoke-free home.

Creation Books, 01/11/2000 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 1.0992 in x 21.2838 in x 13.4897 in.

London: Calder & Boyars, 1970. First edition. Near fine.. First English-language paperback edition of LA COMTESSE SANGLANTE, re-titled to coincide with the release of the Hammer horror film based on Penrose's singular gothic historical fantasia. The great surrealist poet and collage artist's bizarre and brilliant semi-biography of Erszébet Báthory, in the florid and more or less faithful English rendering of Alexander Trocchi, who perfected his French translation skills along with his heroin habit during a youthful sojourn in Paris. Penrose, one of a notable number of great Surrealist women artists who produced rich and strange narrative work on Gothic themes, pours out a litany of detail whose historical accuracy is not always in doubt but is certainly beside the point. The Blood Countess, the Hungarian Dracula, the Beast of Csejthe, the female Gilles de Rais, a notorious bottle-blonde, that selfsame Liz Bathory who served as borrowed sexy-vampire template for scores of filmmakers and novelists:… Read More

London: Calder & Boyars, 1970. Octavo, orange hardcover with dust jacket, 192 pp. First English language edition of La Comtesse Saglante (1962), a novel about the life of supposed female vampire Elizabeth Bathory. The novel led to the creation of the first major film about Bathory, Countess Dracula (Hammer, 1970), starring Ingrid Pitt. Foxing to text block edges, endpapers, and dust jacket, owner inscription to front endpaper, chipping along upper edge of jacket, damage to covers along upper edge.