Little Old New York (Marion Davies photoplay edition in original dust jacket)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. First editionl. Hardcover in pale green cloth stamped in dark green. 307 pp. plus plus publisher's ads. Illustrated with scenes from the silent film of the same year starring Marion Davies. The film was produced by Davies' paramour William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan movie production unit. Based on the stageplay by Rida Johnson Young about an Irish lass who comes to America disguised as a boy so as to claim a fortune left to her now-deceased brother. Fine, some offsetting and neat previous ownership signature front free endpaper. In Color pictorial dust jacket featuring a lavishly costumed Davies descending a staircase. Jacket has some chipping to head and foot of the spine and some rubbing to the front flap fold. Fine / very good. Item #E16575
Price: $35.00