Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom that is to say, of a spectral shade.
He was not, as the notion of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants, or the concierge. Twas long believed, a creature of the imagina Opera ghost really existed. The Phantom of the Opera has become the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical.IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THIS SINGULAR WORK INFORMS THE READER HOW HE ACQUIRED THE CERTAINTY THAT THE OPERA GHOST REALLY EXISTED First published in 1910, the Phantomâ s obsessive and consuming love for the beautiful young chorus girl Christine has captivated readers, film goers and musical theater fanatics for over 100 years. Modern audiences are well acquainted with Gaston Lerouxâ s infamous Phantom of the Opera, the tale of Erik, a horrifically disfigured man who lives in the underground beneath the Paris Opera House, where his creative genius mingles â " and festers â " with madness. An exceptional rarity of this cornerstone work. The dust jacket design with the Phantom on the stairwell and not the bell tower on the front panel one of only three total examples of the book known to have retained its dust jacket.
Near fine in the rare original dust jacket.
Illustrated by Andre Castaigne with one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations. Octavo, original cloth, publishers tissue guard. First edition with the printer's imprint "Press of Braunworth & Co.
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