Monsieur Beaucaire
1900, 1st Photoplay Edition. New York : Grosset & Publishers. Near fine copy with illustrated endpapers in a very good, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 115 pages; Physical desc.: 115 p. 21 cm. Subject: Feature films.Silent films. Film adaptations. Notes: Photoplay edition refers to movie tie-in books of the silent film and early sound era at a time when motion pictures were known as "photoplays". Typically, photoplay editions were reprints of novels additionally illustrated with scenes from a film production. Less typically, photoplay editions were novelizations of films, where the film script was fictionalized in narrative form. Today, vintage photoplay editions are sought after by film buffs, bibliophiles, and collectors. Item #220865
Price: €30.00