LOVE PARADE: FROM THE PHOTOPLAY by HOLMAN, RUSSELL - 1930

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG. 1930. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First and only edition with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring Maurice Chevalier. A Very Good copy. Tiny bumps to the corners. Small spot to the lower rear spine tip. The rear cover has a 1/2" bump with a tear at its upper left corner. No dust jacket. .

grosset & dunlap, 1930 photoplay. very good red binding, rear damp mark

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, photoplay edition, the original novelization of the Ernest Lubitch-directed 1929 film of the same name starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. Illustrated with scenes from the movie. A tight, fine copy. No dust jacket. A romantic comedy in which the Queen of the mythical kingdom of Sylvania marries a courtier. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Cloth. Good +/Good. 275 p. + 5 p. of publisher's ads. 20 cm. Seven b&w plates from the film. Burgundy cloth hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Some chips and tears to jacket edges, spots to spine. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. A few spots within. "Novelized by Russell Holman. Illustrated with Scenes From the Photoplay Starring Maurice Chevalier. Produced by Ernst Lubitsch with Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth, by Ernest Vajda and Guy Bolton. Based on "The Prince Consort" by Leon Xanrof and Jules Chancel."

London: The London Book Co. / Wm Collins Sons & Co., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. ND, but 1930, and published as tie-in with Paramount film of the same name starring Maurice Chevalier, claimed on jacket as the "best talkie yet". All in VG internal order, just a little browning commensurate with age and quality of paper stock. Endpapers feature songs from the film. Pictorial d/j rather worn with much loss to rear. Scarce.

London: Collins, 1930. Photoplay edition issued to coincide with the British release of the Paramount musical directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. Lightly used copy with hinges starting and some faint mottling to the cloth in a very good bright dust jacket with two small internal tape repairs and a few small tears and slight edge wear. The dust jacket is illustrated on the front and rear panels with a color painting of Chevalier wearing a military uniform carrying MacDonald dressed as a bride in his arms.

grosset & dunlap, 1930, paramount picture with maurice chevalier, jeanette macdonald, 8 stills hardcover. near fine red binding with writing on the ep, in a very good -fine dust jacket , tiny corner chips, edge bumping leaving some closed tears and creases

London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, c1930. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. A scarce edition of this novel, published to coincide with the release of the musical comedy film of the same name. Scarce work. Published to coincide with the release of the American musical comedy film of the same name, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette MacDonald. Count Alfred the military attaché to the Sylvanian Embassy in Paris is ordered home to report to the Queen for a reprimand following a string of scandals. Meanwhile Queen Louise is fed up with her people's preoccupation over who she will marry. Written by Russell Holman. In the original burgundy cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Front joint is starting but firm. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and… Read More