The Personal History of David Copperfield [movie tie-in edition]
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First edition
New York: Grosset Dunlap. Very Good in Fair dj. [1935]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. [a good sound copy, slight bumping and minor fraying at lower tips, minor soiling and rubbing to red cloth, internally very clean; the jacket is a bit the worse for wear, with about an inch paper loss at both ends of spine, several other small tears and chips, and some old internal tape repairs]. (Universal Library) Series (B W film stills) Rather a cheap-ass sort of photoplay edition, with a dust jacket illustration that makes reference to A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production and depicts most of the major characters as they appeared in that 1935 film (most prominently W.C. Fields as Mr. Micawber) but which doesn t incorporate any other features related to the movie -- except that (rather oddly) the black-and-white drawings that intermittently illustrate the text were obviously based on stills from the film. (There was a better-quality tie-in published at about the same time, by Dodd, Mead Co., which did it up more properly, using sixteen stills from the film to illustrate the text and employing a photographic dust jacket. It s a higher-quality production in every respect, but also a good deal scarcer than the present volume.) ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this moderately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
- Year: 1935
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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