Hide Me among the Graves

William Morrow, New York, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. acknowledgements. 1/4 blue coloured back strip with metallic pale green coloured titles. 3/4 dull green coloured boards with self embossed publisher's embossed initials to the lower right hand corner of the front panel. Photographic dustwrapper with orange and pale yellow coloured titles to the front panel and orange and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Set in London in 1862; John Crawford (vet) and Adelaide McKee (ex-prostitute) have a child whose soul is in danger from a vampiric spirit. Christina and Dante Gabriel Rosetti are fantastically talented, but at a cost, due to the family curse of having the ghost of John Polidori (physician to Lord Byron) in their lives. These disparate people set out to save a child's soul and break a family curse, but they all '' ... must choose between the banality and constraints of human life and the unholy immortality that Polidori offers.'' -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the lower book edges and bumping to the lower book corners. Age toning of the text block edges. Black remainder stripe to the lower text edge. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges with rubbing of the dustwrapper panels. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 3 - 511 pages,. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; 19th century; ISBN: 0061231541. ISBN/EAN: 9780061231544. Inventory No: 0123558. . 9780061231544