Vampire books

In honour of this spooky month, I'm going to showcase all of my vintage horror/monster-related books throughout October.

Today, we peer into my vampire collection.

Top: The Vampire Cinema, David Pirie, 1977
Left: The Dracula Tape, Fred Saberhagen, 1980
Centre: Dracula, Bram Stoker, 1965
Right: The Dracula Archives, Raymond Rudorff, 1977

The cover on this one is pure classic horror. The evil count with his cape, the haunted castle looming in the dark clouds behind him. I saw this in a window at a used book store in Halifax (one of the coolest book stores I've ever been to, incidentally) and had to have it. I also find it pretty hilarious that Dracula has jowls in this rendering.

Much like The Dracula Archives, this cover too demonstrates the same classic horror cover elements. I particularly like the one red light lit up in the spooky castle. Eerie! The title font is a metallic red, but I just couldn't capture in on camera.

The undead are haunting the night....

Ah! I love finding library envelopes in the back of books - especially when there is still a sign-out card in it! Joy! This book was due back Nov 16, 1984. Added bonus: the typewriter typed misspelling of the book title. Such a good find, I love it when old books have so much character like this. 

Vampires of Ottawa, Eric Wilson, 1985. As I was born in Ottawa, I had to get this one. Especially considering it was published the same year I was born. 

Vampires of Ottawa is clearly some pretty chilling material.

Oh look, it's the parliament building. 

As mentioned, it's scary stuff. After seeing this especially creepy illustration, I may have to sleep with the light on tonight.

Here's a look inside The Vampire Cinema. The book is about vampire movies. Surprising, given the title, right? A still from Nosferatu. 

How awesome does this movie look?

The book looks even better without its dust jacket.