An Album of Film Stars
first edition
n.d · London
London: John Player & Sons, n.d. First Edition. Paperbound, 7 1/2” x 5”. A small photo-style album, published by the Player’s tobacco company, presenting 50 color portraits of film stars with brief biographical captions which were issued with packs of Player’s ‘Medium’ Navy Cut cigarettes as a collectible feature. Some of the film stars include: Warner Baxter, Joan Bennett, George Brent, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Marlene Dietrich, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Joel McCrea, Robert Montgomery, Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Sylvia Sidney, Johnny Weissmuller, and Loretta Young. Near fine with a hint of dust soiling and two narrow 1” faint spots to the front cover in printed wrappers. (Inventory #: 13678E)