The Phantom of the Opera
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1911 - really 1925).
Sold
Hardcover. Photoplay edition. Page edges a little soiled, else about fine in a striking, very good dustwrapper with some tears and small chips. Retains two of the vivid two-page color illustrations by Andre Castaigne that appeared in the first American edition, as well as adds stills from the Universal film featuring Lon Chaney. An attractive copy.
Item #78336
Gaston Leroux
birth name: Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux
born: 5/6/1868
died: 4/15/1927
Biography
French novelist, best known for his Le Fantome de l'opera (1910; The Phantom of the Opera), which later became famous in various film and stage renditions. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore