LAIT, Jack (novelization); BURNETT, W.R. (screenplay)

The Beast of the City

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. First Edition. Octavo; red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; red topstain; 218pp, [2]ads; illus. with 4 black and white photographic plates, reproducing stills from the film. Lacking the rare dustjacket. Slight forward lean, hint of darkening to spine, with some rubbing to topstain; Very Good+.

Novelization and first photoplay edition of Burnett's screenplay for the 1932 pre-code gangster film directed by Charles Brabin, starring Walter Huston, Jean Harlow, and Wallace Ford.

Price: $125.00

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