Gaston Leroux’s 'The Phantom of the Opera' makes a very real result at Swann auction

Sporting a torn and defective but rarely seen dust jacket, a 1911, first American printing of Gaston Leroux’s 'The Phantom of the Opera' sold for $10,000 (£7750) in a recent New York sale.

Offered in a Swann (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) sale of May 14, this copy sports a jacket in which …

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