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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (Photoplay Edition). Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Red hardcover without dust jacket. Photoplay edition containing photos from the 1931 movie featuring Boris Karloff. Wear at top of spine. One photo plate has come free of binding and is tucked inside. Front hinge cover exposed. A few small stains on title page. No text markings noted.

Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.

Mary Shelley. Frankenstein Mary Shelley Rare Photoplay edition Grosset Dunlap C1930's. Grosset and Dunlap, 1931.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: This book is in good condition. It is bound in its original red boards. The spine is slightly faded. There are no signatures, bookplates, or markings of any kind. This is the photoplay edition printed by Grosset and Dunlap. It features several photos from the 1931 Univeral film. A hard to find copy of Shelley's classic work.

Seller: The Lion's End, Antiquarian Books, North Miami, FL, U.S.A.

Shelley, Mary W.. Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus [Photoplay edition]. Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated with scenes from the Universal Photoplay featuring Boris Karloff and John Boles. A very good copy; no dust jacket. Wear to edges and a circular stain to the front cover. Gutters split, with small chips to the frontispiece. Former owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper and bookplate on the front pastedown. All illustrations present. Comes with facsimile dust jacket.

Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.

Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley, Photoplay Grosset & Dunlap Edition, 1931. Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.

Price: US$2250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. 8vo. Rebound in red 1/.4 leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps, and gilt titles to spine. New matching archival slipcase. Presented is a photoplay edition of Mary Shelley’s masterpiece of horror, Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1931. One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was published to accompany the 1931 Universal Pictures James Whale horror film starring Boris Karlof, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boless, and Dwight Frye. It is illustrated throughout with scenes from that production. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ red leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching black archival slipcase. Mary Shelley was just nineteen when she wrote her classic novel. The circumstances of its composition are by now well known. In 1816, Mary was in Switzerland with Percy Shelley, Byron, and Byron’s physician John Polidori when the evening’s discussion turned to one of Shelley’s favorite topics, the supernatural. Byron proposed that all members of the party write a romance or tale on the subject. The resulting efforts were Polidori’s The Vampyre, Byron’s unfinished narrative about a vampire, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The first edition of Frankenstein was published anonymously in London, 1818, and is exceedingly rare. An 1831 edition was published in London, for which Shelley wrote an introduction describing the circumstances surrounding the creation of the work. The first American edition was published in 1833. Frankenstein has been named “the most famous English horror novel a defining model of the Gothic mode of fiction, and the first genuine science fiction novel, the first significant rendering of the relations between mankind and science through an image of mankind’s dual nature appropriate to an age of science” (Clute and Nicholls, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 1099). Alexander Grosset and George T. Dunlap first met while working for the American Publishers Corporation. In 1898, Grosset & Dunlap formed a new partnership with the goal to shift the focus of the publishing industry from expensive books for the few to inexpensive books for the masses. In order to avoid paying royalties and other publishing fees, Grosset & Dunlap started reprinting books that were already in print. With these profits, the partners purchased paperbound books in bulk to rebind them in cloth and resell. As the company grew, Grosset & Dunlap were able to purchase reprint rights from publishers before publication, including reprint rights from Edward Stratemeyer for the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew. Though it was primarily a reprint house, some notable first editions were published by Grosset & Dunlap, including King Kong, the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, and Fran Striker’s Lone Ranger series. CONDITION: Very good condition. 8vo. Rebound in ¼ red leather and black cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt titles, and gilt stamps to the spine. New endpapers. Interior pages are generally healthy, with light scattered staining and occasional toning. Illustrated throughout with scenes from the Universal Pictures movie of Frankenstein, illustrations are both full and double page. Presented with a new matching archival black slipcase, with an inlaid image of the original dust jacket design. Book Dimensions: 8 1/4" H x 5 7/8" W x 2" D. Slipcase Dimensions: 8 3/4" H x 6" W x 2" D.

Seller: The Great Republic, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Grosset & Dunlap, 1931.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Red cloth with black lettering, in pictorial dust jacket. First edition thus: illustrated with 8 photos from the Universal movie starring Boris Karloff. Book is in nearly fine condition, with corners lightly bumped, some minor shelf-wear, faint sunning to spine and pages yellowing, in a very good dust jacket, a bit sunned and worn with chips along edges and tears closed unobtrusively on verso with tape. A nice copy of a very scare book.

Seller: Book 'Em, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

SHELLEY, Mary W.. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus. Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1931.

Price: US$3000.00 + shipping

Description: First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scene from the Universal Film starring Boris Karloff and directed by James Whale at front jacket panel. Uncommon. Almost Near Fine, some shadowing at endpapers perhaps from an old jacket protector, in Very Good dustjacket, some light soiling, chips at spine ends and flap corners, less than dime sized chip at mid front spine edge.

Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.

Shelley, Mary W. Frankenstein. Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1931.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Photoplay edition illustrated with scenes from the Universal Photoplay starring Boris Karloff. Book is as new with no marks of any kind. The unrestored dustjacket is fine and bright with light rubbing to the flap folds. The scarcest of all the Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions. Extremely rare in this condition. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.

Seller: Cahill Rare Books, Mission Viejo, CA, U.S.A.