The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead

by J. Gordon Melton

J. Gordon Melton (Editor)

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This book takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Dracula and Lestat, it supplies nearly 500 exhaustive essays illustrated with over 250 photographs. A very thorough unearthing of the vampire through the ages, this guide relies on a collection of 2,000 titles on vampires, digging deep into the lore, the myths, and the reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from around the world.
  • ISBN10 157859071X
  • ISBN13 9781578590711
  • Publish Date 1 December 1998 (first published September 1994)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 21 March 2012
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Visible Ink Press
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 920
  • Language English