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Lilac Time
By Guy Fowler
Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1928
First Edition / First Photoplay Edition
Hardcover with original pictorial dust jacketAn original 1928 novelization of the screen play adapted by Willis Goldbeck from the stage production. This is the first and photoplay edition of the novel, issued in conjunction with the First National motion picture directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring silent-screen favorite Colleen Moore and a young Gary Cooper.The volume contains 13 black-and-white photographic illustrations from the film, including the frontispiece showing Cooper and Moore.The gray cloth book is notably clean and well preserved for its age, with a firm binding and clean, unmarked-looking interior. The scarce original color dust jacket remains substantially complete but has considerable edge wear, chipping, creasing, rubbing and short tears, with losses around the spine ends and corners. No restoration has been performed.An appealing collectible for enthusiasts of early Hollywood, silent film, Gary Cooper, Colleen Moore, photoplay editions and vintage movie-related books.Please review every photograph for the most accurate representation of condition. The pictured book is the exact copy you will receive.
