Gaston Leroux – The Phantom of the Opera – First UK Edition 1911
£2,500.00
A first edition, first printing published by Mills and Boon in 1911. A very good book with loss to the titles on the spine and some light loss to the corners and spine tip knuckles. Bookplate of notorious crime and detective fiction collectors, Florence and Edward Kaye of New York to the front pastedown. No inscriptions. 385 pages + 6 of ads and a 32-page publisher’s catalogue for Autumn 1910. Small stain to the top edge. One of [probably] 2000 copies.
“The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux was first published as a newspaper serial in “Le Gaulois” from September 1909 to January 1910. It was subsequently released as a novel in March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie in France. The English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos was published in 1911 in the UK by publishers Mills and Boon, introducing the story to English-speaking audiences. The novel’s popularity led to numerous adaptations, including stage plays and movies. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation, which premiered in 1986, became a global phenomenon.
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A first edition, first printing published by Mills and Boon in 1911. A very good book with loss to the titles on the spine and some light loss to the corners and spine tip knuckles. Bookplate of notorious crime and detective fiction collectors, Florence and Edward Kaye of New York to the front pastedown. No inscriptions. 385 pages + 6 of ads and a 32-page publisher’s catalogue for Autumn 1910. Small stain to the top edge. One of [probably] 2000 copies.
“The Phantom of the Opera” by Gaston Leroux was first published as a newspaper serial in “Le Gaulois” from September 1909 to January 1910. It was subsequently released as a novel in March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte & Cie in France. The English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos was published in 1911 in the UK by publishers Mills and Boon, introducing the story to English-speaking audiences. The novel’s popularity led to numerous adaptations, including stage plays and movies. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation, which premiered in 1986, became a global phenomenon.
