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Together for the first “Vampire Over London - Bela Lugosi in Britain” (2nd Edition), “A Quaint & Curious Volume of Forgotten The History & Mythology of Classic Horror Films” and “I Saw What I Saw When I Saw It - Growing Up in the 1950s & 1960s with Television Reruns & Old Movies” (each available separately on Amazon) in a collector’s boxed set. Each book and the box are numbered and autographed by the author. The box is beautifully designed, and contains delightful “Easter eggs” of hidden treasures for those who unfold it. “Vampire Over London – Bela Lugosi in Britain” uncovers the untold tale of Lugosi’s 1951 Dracula stage tour across Britain. That tour, like the three films Lugosi made in Britain in 1935, 1939 and 1951, is often overlooked in his life's story. This book tells the full story at last, and adds to a legacy unmatched in Hollywood history. “A Quaint & Curious Volume of Forgotten Lore” delves into what in on the screen and just behind it in classic horror films. To their young audiences, they were more than entertainment. The multi-film sagas formed a new mythology, almost unwittingly created in the 1930s & 1940s, almost accidently rediscovered in the 1950s & 1960s, and today more powerful and poignant than ever. “I Saw Was What I Saw When I Saw It” is a memoir of growing up in New Jersey in the post-World War II era. Television aired old movies, and the local movie theatre played matinees aimed at young boys. Frank's Saturday afternoons became a war between watching old movies on TV and going to new movies at the Lincoln Theatre. Horror movies most attracted him. TV helped with "The Twilight Zone," "One Step Beyond," "Thriller" and "Outer Limits." Seeing "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" made Frank a dedicated "Monster Boomer," one of his generation fascinated with old horror films.