King Kong

by Delos W. Lovelace, Edgar Wallace, Merian C. Cooper

$2,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First edition and the novelization of the 1933 RKO film. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in dark brown with black topstain; lacking the rare dust jacket. Near Fine with light wear to cloth, light fading to spine and corners pushed in. Former owner inkless emboss to front free endpaper and pages toned. A lovely copy of a book which usually turns up much worse for wear.

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