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The Mark of Zorro: Signed & Inscribed
by Johnston McCulley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale , Florida, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Photoplay Edition. Signature of Science fiction Author Stanley Mullen in pencil on the FFEP. This was believed to be Mullins copy acquired by Science fiction Artist and collector Roy Hunt. Hunt then laid in a signed letter in the original envelope from McCulley to Hunt talking about his new screen version of the Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power. This G&D copy is the With the Frontispiece and 3 plates taken from the 1920 Film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Initially Serialized in All-Story Magazine August 9, 1919- September 6, 1919.
Wear along the edges and to the corners. Fading along the spine. A slightly cocked spine. A crack to the interior of the spine in-between the back endpaper and flyleaf. As New Facsimile Dust Jacket.
Wear along the edges and to the corners. Fading along the spine. A slightly cocked spine. A crack to the interior of the spine in-between the back endpaper and flyleaf. As New Facsimile Dust Jacket.
Synopsis
The rousing adventure that gave birth to one of popular culture's most enduring iconsOriginally titled The Curse of Capistrano in its 1919 debut, this exciting tale achieved immortal fame thanks to Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 blockbuster film, The Mark of Zorro-a cinematic triumph that inspired Johnston McCulley to retitle his novel and dedicate it to Fairbanks. Set in Mexican California during the 1820s, the story follows the career of Don Diego Vega, by all appearances an effete and foppish aristocrat. But Vega's timorous reputation is nothing more than a mask to conceal his alter ego: a California Robin Hood known as Zorro, whose swift blade strikes down those who exploit the poor and oppressed. The inspiration for dozens of film and television adaptations, The Mark of Zorro remains a paradigm of swashbuckling adventure.First time in Penguin ClassicsIncludes an introduction and filmography
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heartwood Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HCX16740-1
- Title
- The Mark of Zorro
- Author
- Johnston McCulley
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grossett & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Cocked
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- Facsimile
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- New
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- Edges
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