Author: DAY, HOLMAN [FRANCIS]
Title: CLOTHES MAKE THE PIRATE (Photoplay Edition)
Description: Grosset & Dunlap, orig. c. 1925, early reprint.. Hardcover . Hardback, 12mo, appx 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches, ochre titling & graphic on black cloth covers, VG/no dj. Snug square binding w/ hinges intact. Not much external wear at all, spine titling dulled, remains easily legible. Small bookseller label inside front cover (News Exchange, Canton, Ohio). Top edge ffep brief Christmas 1926 gift inscription + near top corner there a very short black mark prob. obliterating a purchase price. Very clean interior otherwise incl rear endpapers. Eight scattered b&w plates incl frontis (scenes from the silent film of which no copies exist acc. to wiki). Contains 34 Chanties [chants, shanties] & Ballads - short lines or verses as chapter headings to the 34 chapters. Very Good.

Keywords: Fiction Humor Silent Movie Lost Film