The film, set during and after the Civil War, is based on “The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan,” a baldly racist novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr. It was advertised as the most amazing motion picture ever made-the “eighth wonder of the world.” Subsequent showings featured orchestras of up to fifty musicians playing a multi-composer score assembled by the movie-music pioneer Joseph Carl Breil. Each book in the series was written by William Edward Daniel Ross who used the pen name 'Marilyn Ross'.In February, 1915, D. W. Griffith’s silent film “ The Birth of a Nation” opened at Clune’s Auditorium, in Los Angeles.

These reprints will present each installment in the series with its original cover but, unlike the Paperback Library books, will present the titles in a larger 6' x 9' format, printed on archival paper and bound to be read and enjoyed without cracking or coming unbound.

And as a ghostly figure stalks her in the shadows, Victoria becomes convinced that staying at Collins House is a mistake that could well prove fatal! But Victoria's determination to remain is shaken by the unexpected arrival of four mysterious strangers who begin a series of terrifying attacks on her life. The second book in this reprint series, 'Victoria Winters,' features the original painted cover depicting Victoria Winters, and reproduces the complete text, re-proofed and error free! Still believing that the clue to her own identity lies hidden in Collins House, Victoria Winters stays on as a companion and governess - despite danger from someone in the isolated mansion trying to destroy her. The classic original Dark Shadows paperbacks from the Paperback Library return with Hermes Press' archival reprinting of all 32 titles in the series! The first book in this reprint series, Dark Shadows, will feature the original painted cover depicting Victoria Winters and the complete text, re-proofed and error free.

These reprints will present each installment in the series with its original cover, but, unlike the Paperback Library books will present the titles in a larger 6 inch by 8 inch format, printed on archival paper and bound to be read and enjoyed without cracking or coming unbound. The forerunner to today's immensely popular vampire-themed television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as one of the most memorable TV shows of the last fifty years. The original, classic Dark Shadows books from the Paperback Library return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series beginning with the first novel which first saw print in December, 1966. If you use the 'Add to want list' tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.

Death's Dark Music by Marilyn Ross