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Auction History Result 6h0057 LITTLE CAESAR Dial Press hardcover book 1930 scenes from Edward G. Robinson movie, ultra rare Date Sold 4/14/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage Hardcover Book (measures 5" x 7 1/2" [13 x 19 cm]; 308 pages) (Learn More) Little Caesar, the classic 1930 Mervyn LeRoy gangster mob organized crime thriller ("The power-mad monarch of the murder mobs!"; based on the novel by W.R. Burnett, and loosely based on the rise and fall of Al Capone; at the end of the movie, Edward G. Robinson says that classic line "Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?") starring Edward G. Robinson (in the title role as Caesar Enrico 'Rico' Bandello), Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Stanley Fields, and George E. Stone. Note that this was one of the very first of the great "gangster" movies of the 1930s, and it predated Public Enemy and Scarface! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this hardcover book, and that was 8 years ago (and that example did not have the dust jacket, as this one does! Note that this is the Dial Press first edition but it has a A.L. Burt Co. dust jacket. Here are some more details about this book: A.L. Burt Co. was a publisher that made a deal to publish "movie edition" hardcover novels, and in this case, A.L. Burt Co. purchased remainder Dial Press first edition books and added a new dust jacket and interior photos. These books were incredibly popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Because we know that the dust jacket is an important part of the value of this book, we also pictured the entire dust jacket opened up. Between that image and our other images, you should be able to get a good sense of the overall condition of this book. Note that this is one of an amazing collection of 30 movie edition books (and a few closely related items) that were consigned to us from a man who has collected such books for over half a century! Included are some of the most rare and desirable of these books, and all have the original dust jackets (many times such books lost their dust jackets over the years and they are far more rare with the dust jacket). This is a very rare opportunity to obtain one or more of these books, most of which we have either never auctioned before or only auctioned once before! Note: We have 12 images of this book, but due to a space limitation, only TEN of the 12 images are displayed above. However, there is a "supersize" link to the right of those images that lets you see the other 2. Condition: good to very good. There are some tears and tiny paper loss at the top and bottom of the spine and small tears, smudges, and scuffs at the top and bottom of the front and back covers of the jacket, with some discoloration inside of the spine of the dust jacket. The book itself is in pretty nice condition (see our many images). Learn More about condition grades 
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