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The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (Reprint Ed.) Film Tie-in A firm copy with minor wear to corners and upper spine edge. One-quarter inch closed tear to spine heel. Bright cloth and lettering. Bright illustrations and clean pages. Owner's name to front free endpaper. A bright wrap-around pictorial jacket. Moderate chips to edges. In clear protective cover. No publication date given; Copyright 1911. Illustrated, and, with scenes from the photoplay-- a Universal Production, 1925, starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, and Norman Kerry. "A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.", IMBD.

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.