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  • Varney the Vampire
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Peckett Prest / Tim Zengerink
    What if you were condemned to eternal life...and eternal hunger?Varney the Vampire-one of literature’s earliest and most influential vampire sagas-returns in a vividly modern translation. Set against the misty, moonlit backdrop of Victorian England, this epic gothic novel weaves horror, romance, and suspense into a story of eternal torment and forbidden desires.Follow the doome...
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    40,50 €

  • The String of Pearls; Or, The Barber of Fleet Street
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Peckett Prest
    Return to the shadowy streets of 18th-century London in James Malcolm Rymer’s classic tale, 'The String of Pearls: The Barber of Fleet Street. A Domestic Romance.' This historical fiction, a prime example of the penny dreadful genre, plunges readers into a world of suspense and mystery. Set against the backdrop of London’s vibrant social life and customs, the story unfolds with...
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    46,35 €

  • Sweeney Todd
    Prest or Rymer
    In the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London, a sinister tale unfolds: customers enter Sweeney Todd’s Fleet Street barbershop, never to be seen again. When beautiful Johanna Oakley’s beloved vanishes after visiting the infamous establishment, she launches a desperate investigation that leads her to a horrifying discovery-one that connects Todd’s barbershop to the suspiciousl...
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    15,58 €

  • Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Peckett Prest
    Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are n...
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    40,19 €

  • Night’s Black Agents
    Thomas Peckett Prest / Toni Schwabe
    The vampire is the most glamorous and iconic of Gothic figures. In Night’s Black Agents, editor Daniel Corrick assembles a baker’s dozen of tales that trace the sanguinary path of this thirsty, mythical creature from the early nineteenth century, where it acted as an incarnation of fears of libertinism and diabolism, appearing as the Satanic villain in penny dreadfuls, through ...
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    23,16 €

  • Public Theatre and the Enslaved People of Colonial Saint-Domingue
    Julia Prest
    The French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) was home to one of the richest public theatre traditions of the colonial-era Caribbean.  This book examines the relationship between public theatre and the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue-something that is generally given short shrift owing to a perceived lack of documentation.  Here, a range of materials and methodologies are u...
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    48,01 €

  • Varney the Vampire
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Peckett Prest
    Varney the Vampire (1847) is a penny dreadful novel by British writers James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. Originally serialized in cheap volumes, the novel introduced some of the most recognizable tropes of vampire fiction still used today, including the depiction of fangs and the use of a Gothic setting. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Varney the Vampire is a story ...
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    29,14 €

  • Sweeney Todd
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Peckett Prest
    Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street (1846-1847) is a penny dreadful novel by British writers James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. Originally serialized in cheap volumes, the novel marks the debut of Sweeney Todd, a villain whose story inspired Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), which won a Tony Award for Bes...
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    37,37 €

  • My Life
    Jaden Prest
    This autobiography is an aspect and glimpse into the occurrence of my life and what I have done to get to where I am now so join me as I take you through my footsteps with this book about me. ...
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    20,02 €

  • Varney, The Vampire (Volume I); Or, The Feast Of Blood. A Romance.
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Preskett Prest
    This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the sa...
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    27,86 €

  • Varney, The Vampire (Volume II); Or, The Feast Of Blood. A Romance.
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Preskett Prest
    This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the sa...
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    27,86 €

  • Varney, The Vampire (Volume III); Or, The Feast Of Blood. A Romance.
    James Malcolm Rymer / Thomas Preskett Prest
    This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the sa...
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    28,97 €

  • After
    Judith Prest
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    17,09 €

  • Study of the Production of Resorcin
    D E Cable / J Prest
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important ...
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    15,48 €

  • F-4 Phantom
    Robert Prest
    ‘A stone cold classic. One of the best military aviaton memoirs ever written’ Rowland White, author of Vulcan 607‘I only have to think Speed, and I am at 600 knots in seconds. Think Height and I am gazing down from a eight-mile-high perch within one minute. Think Freedom and I am wrested away from a dank, cold world, cloudbase at 300 feet, through a brief shock of cloud to emer...
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    19,78 €

  • Varney the Vampire or; The Feast of Blood
    Thomas Preskett Prest
    An often confusing book to follow, the story of Varney nonetheless had a lot of influence on modern vampire fiction. Driven by the need for blood and for monetary gains, Varney loathes the situation he is in and over the course of the novel he is seen as a character of sympathy. Eventually Varney has to make a decision as to whether to live with his condition or make a more dra...
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    40,62 €

  • Les Veuves créoles, comédie
    Julia Prest
    Les Veuves créoles is the first play known to have been composed in Martinique. This three-act prose comedy was published anonymously in Paris in 1768 and was performed at least twice in the capital of Caribbean theatre, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) during the colonial period.  Set in colonial Martinique in the port town of Saint-Pierre, Les Veuves créoles represents an early exa...
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    30,53 €

  • Re-Interpreting Blackstone’s Commentaries
    Wilfrid Prest
    This collection explores the remarkable impact and continuing influence of William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, from the work’s original publication in the 1760s down to the present. Contributions by cultural and literary scholars, and intellectual and legal historians trace the manner in which this truly seminal text has established its authority well beyo...
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    54,92 €

  • Theatre Under Louis XIV
    J. Prest
    This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women’s...
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    48,25 €

  • Controversy in French Drama
    J. Prest
    In 1664, Molière’s Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien régime more broadly. ...
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    48,00 €

  • Theatre Under Louis XIV
    J. Prest
    This book explores the fascinating phenomenon of cross-casting and related gender issues in different theatrical genres and different performance contexts during the heyday of French theatre. Although professional acting troupes under Louis XIV were mixed, cross-casting remained an important feature of French court ballet (in which the King himself performed a number of women’s...
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    66,83 €

  • Controversy in French Drama
    J. Prest
    In 1664, Molière’s Tartuffe was banned from public performance. This book provides a detailed, in-depth account of five-year struggle (1664-69) to have the ban lifted and, so doing, sheds important new light on 1660s France and the ancien régime more broadly. ...
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    66,45 €

  • Blackstone and his Commentaries
    Wilfrid Prest
    Among the most celebrated works in the Anglo-American legal tradition, William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9) is currently attracting renewed scholarly interest. Whilst the Commentaries no longer dominate legal education, they continue to be regularly cited in superior courts throughout the common law world, besides providing a remarkably comprehensiv...
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    52,23 €

  • War Economics of Primary Producing Countries
    A. R. Prest / ARPrest
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    54,06 €

  • An Immigrant’s Quest
    Joseph De Prest
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    27,02 €

  • Boys Don’t Cry
    Joseph De Prest
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    17,85 €

  • Wired to Self Destruct
    James Prest
    Counselors counsel, therapists provide therapy, but imagine that you were the counseling therapist. Imagine that you understood the answer to the question 'Why?' • Why do my friends or I and my spouse continually fight and argue? • Why don't I care about everything that matters to me? • Why don't my children listen to me? • Why does rejection hurt me so much? • Why do my chil...
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    17,49 €

  • Fatherless Fanny
    Clara Reeve / Taylor (Miss.) / Thomas Peckett Prest
    Rediscover 'Fatherless Fanny,' a captivating tale attributed to Clara Reeve, Thomas Peckett Prest, and Taylor (Miss.). This 19th-century novel delves into themes of family secrets, identity, and social intrigue. Set against a backdrop of historical England, the story follows the life of Fanny, an orphaned young woman navigating a world of hidden truths and unexpected revelation...
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    29,66 €

  • Varney the Vampire, or, The Feast of Blood (One Volume Edition)
    Thomas Preskett Prest
    This book was originally published in 'penny dreadful' form. This edition does not include the entire 109 episodes, which were published in three lengthy volumes, but this slightly condensed form conveys the full story and complete reading experience. Note that authorship has also been ascribed to James Malcolm Rymer. [812 pages] ...
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    37,07 €

  • Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber (Fantasy and Horror Classics)
    Thomas Prest
    The original 1846 'penny dreadful' that launched a timeless legend. A grotesque tale of murder, mystery, and culinary horror on the streets of London.Credited to Thomas Peckett Prest, this is the visceral serial that introduced the ultimate partnership in crime.On Fleet Street, the sinister barber Sweeney Todd murders his wealthier clients using a mechanical chair that dumps th...
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    17,08 €


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