1925 Phantom of the Opera 1st ed Gaston Leroux Lon Chaney Photoplay FAMED Webber

1925 Phantom of the Opera 1^st ed Gaston Leroux Lon Chaney Photoplay FAMED Webber

Audiences everywhere are acquainted with Gaston Leroux’s ‘Phantom of the Opera.’ The story of Erik, a horrifically disfigured man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House, where his creative genius mingles and festers with madness. First published in 1911, the Phantom’s obsessive and consuming love for the beautiful young chorus girl Christine has captivated readers, film goers and musical theater fanatics for over 100 years. The Phantom of the Opera has become the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical.

This early 19^th century “Phantom of the Opera” includes an original dustjacket, illustrations by André Castaigne and scenes from Universal’s silent film starring Lon Chaney with six full-page illustrations, two of which are double-page and in color.

Item number: #30882

Price: $499

LEROUX, Gaston; CASTAIGNE, Andre (Illus.)

The Phantom of the Opera

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, ©1911, [1925]. First photoplay edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [8], 357, [3]
  • 6 illustrations (2 double-page in color)
• Provenance: Handwritten – Behlen, Chi. Ill.
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Red cloth
  • Original dust jacket
• Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19.5cm x 13cm)

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