THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. New York, Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1911]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-357 [358-360: blank] [note: final leaf is a blank], One single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations by Andre Castaigne, original pictorial terra cotta cloth, front and spine panel stamped in white and blind. First edition in English. Variant (later printing?) without printer's imprint "Press of / Braunworth & Co. / Bookbinders and Printers / Brooklyn, N.Y" at foot of copyright page. Translation of LE FANTOME DE L'OPERA (1910). Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 116. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-128. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 263. Bleiler (1948), p. 179. Hubin (1994), p. 498. Spine lean, cloth rubbed at spine ends and corner tips, a tight, good copy with clean binding. (#170214).
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