From Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 May 2020
About this Item
8vo. Pp. 256. Bound in black cloth stamped with silver lettering on spine and a dragon vignette on the front board. A bright, fresh copy in the dust jacket that shows only light wear to bottom edges. (Glare at lower half of front panel in the first and third photos is a result of Brodart reflection, not a condition of the dust jacket.). The play on which the 1941 Josef von Sternberg film noir was based. That movie, starring Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, and Walter Huston, received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Musical Score. Many changes were made in the film adaptation, mostly to water down the exoticism, including changing the brothel to a gambling casino and redirecting the heroine's addiction from drugs to gambling. Early editions are scarce, especially so in the dust jacket. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve. Seller Inventory # 8468
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Shanghai Gesture
Publisher: Boni and Liveright, New York
Publication Date: 1926
Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: Third Printing.
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