The Phantom of the Opera. LEROUX (Gaston).

Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos.

Illustrated with scenes from the photoplay.

First photoplay edition. 8vo. [185 x 130 x 30 mm]. [3]ff, [viii], 240, [6] pp. Newly bound by Bayntun-Riviere in full pepper red morocco, the covers elaborately tooled with gilt centres in differing styles representing a chandelier from below and above respectively, the front cover studded with diamond like jewels, the spine divided into six gilt compartments by tooled raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and third, the others tooled in gilt with shard like objects, the turn-ins tooled with a gilt roll, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. Housed in a custom made blue cloth clam shell box with a pepper red label lettered and tooled in gilt.

London: Hutchinson & Co., [1925]

Internally clean and free from any inscriptions.

Illustrated with eight black and white scenes from the 1925 silent film adaptation starring Lon Chaney.

The binding design represents the infamous scene at the end of Act 1, where the Phantom unscrews the great chandelier, dropping it onto the audience. The front cover depicts the underside of the chandelier from the audience's perspective (the jewels representing the lights), and the rear cover depicts the top side of the chandelier from the Phantom's perspective. The spine depicts all of the components of the chandelier after it has come crashing down.

Stock no. 4254