Sunday, April 15, 2012

Photoplay Editions

AbeBooks revels in Photoplay editions of old.

From the piece...

Popular with many book collectors, these books were published mainly in the 1920s and 1930s. Grosset & Dunlap or A.L. Burt were particularly prolific in publishing photoplays and the most collectible of all photoplay editions is probably King Kong from 1932. 

The US and British photoplay editions usually had different cover designs and price is usually dependent on the presence and condition of the dust jacket. The early photoplay editions are particularly fascinating. It’s quite common for obscure or forgotten movies to be ‘lost’ and the photoplay books to take on a little historical significance (for movie buffs anyway).


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