London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask, Photoplay Edition, 1928

Rask, Marie Coolidge. London After Midnight. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1928. Photoplay Edition. Illustrated. Rebound in 1/4 green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands, gilt stamps and titles to spine, presented with new matching green slipcase.  Presented is a photoplay first edition of London After Midnight by Marie Coolidge Rask. This printing was published by Grosset & Dunlap, in New York, in 1928. The book has been beautifully rebound in striking ¼ green leather and cloth boards, with raised bands and gilt stamps and tiles to the spine, and a matching green archival slipcase. The book is illustrated with eight stills from the original silent film.  One of the most collectible Grosset & Dunlap photoplay editions, this book was a novelization of the 1927 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer mystery horror film of the same title, co-produced and directed by Tod Browning. The movie starred Lon Chaney in a dual role of Scotland Yard Inspector and vampire; this was his only movie role