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New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First American Edition, First Printing. Andre Castaigne. First American Edition, First Printing with Braunworth on the bottom of copyright page. This book measures approximately 7.5" x 5" with 357 numbered pages. Book is in very good plus condition. Boards and white lettering unusually well preserved. Staining to the bottom of the front board. Very light foxing to front and rear endpages. Slight musty smell. This novel, written by French author Gaston Leroux, is partially inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century Inventory #(N2-1).

The Phantom of the Opera, published serially in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910, and in volume form in late March 1910, is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of a mysterious masked man living in the catacombs of the Paris Opera House and his obsessive love for the beautiful Christine Daaé.