METROPOLIS (1928) French book

  • Softcover/Paperback
  • Gallimard
By Gallimard
Gallimard. Softcover/Paperback. Very Good. Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1928. Vintage original book, 9 x 7" (23 x 18 cm), pictorial wrappers, 96 pp. Stated "14th edition" on title page. Interior pages have darkened around edges and there is some scuffing on covers, also a small piece has torn off the bottom left back cover. Overall very good. This is a French magazine called Le Cinema Romanesque, and each issue had an adaptation of a then-current movie, with an image from the movie on the cover, and many images from the movie scattered on seven interior pages that were printed on high quality paper (some of those pages have full page images and some have more than one on them). It is like the "movie edition" hardcover books that were put out in the U.S. at the same time, except that this is a softcover magazine. This magazine provided a separate 7 x 9" single sheet that has a still-like image from the movie, and that was given out loose with the magazine. The title page states that this is a 14th edition, but I find this hard to believe. A search of the WorldCat database yields only two libraries owning an example of this book, both in Europe. And I found no other examples of the book available online for purchase.

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Title

METROPOLIS (1928) French book

Author

Gallimard

Binding

Softcover/Paperback

Condition

Very Good

Publisher

Gallimard


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