Large 8vo. [10], 227-336, [48]pp. Original publisher's printed paper wraps in red, blue and black, over black and blue printed leaves. Wraps toned wth creasing to spine ends and top edge, Internally bright and clean throughout save light toning. Significant contemporary advertising throughout.

The Cosmopolitan Illustrated Monthly Magazine was first published in 1886 as a family magazine, and has since gone through various iterations (known today colloquially as women's lifestyle magazine Cosmo). in 1901 John Brisben Walker was editing as a leading literary magazine, publishing articles, serials, and satire, including H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds in 1897, and, in this instance, an illustrated article on Ellen Terry by Dracula author Bram Stoker.

Abraham 'Bram' Stoker (1847-1912), Irish author, theatre manager, and personal assistant to Sir Henry Irving. He is now remembered synonymously with his 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula.