LEROUX, GASTON. Le Fantôme de l'Opéra. 8vo, original pictorial wrappers, slight spine lean, backstrip faded with short (approximately 5mm) splits to front joint at head and foot, rear wrapper with some uneven fading; ownership signature to half-title, occasional faint foxing. Paris: Pierre Lafitte et Cie., [1910]
first book edition. a scarce surviving example of a fragile book. Preceded only by a popular tabloid edition. The source material for numerous films, as well as the enormously successful stage production.
