THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (SEQUEL TO FRANKENSTEIN).
London: The Queensway Press, [1936]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-252 [253-256] [note: first two and last two leaves are blank and are used as front and rear paste-downs and flyleaves], original black cloth, spine stamped in green. First edition. One of two binding states (the blue-gray cloth, spine stamped in black), priority, if any, not known. Copies with the Queensway Press imprint were intended for the library market and were sold for 2/6, while the simultaneous cheaper issue with the Readers Library imprint were sold in Woolworth's for 6d. Novel based on the James Whale film "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) starring Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff. From George Locke's introduction to the American edition published by Bookfinger, he provides the following information: After the movie was completed it was realized that no book existed for a tie-in. The Hutchinson (U.K.) publishing group which owned the Readers Library imprint commissioned author Michael Harrison to produce a novel. Mr. Harrison was given three weeks to produce a finished work. Harrison started working from a shooting script for the film which contained not only the dialog but the shooting details also. After getting bogged down following the script and working under deadline Harrison decided to ignore the script (but not the story). "...the remaining work represented so radical a departure from the script that the finished book was to all intents and purposes original fiction." Harrison took his pseudonym from a public house, "The Egremont Arms." [Reference: Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 77. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 53-4. Bleiler (1978), p. 68. Reginald 04717]. Foxing to page edges and early and late leaves, some discoloration to covers, a very good copy in a fair dust jacket which is missing the spine panel, closed tears to the front panel with tape repairs to the verso, edge wear. The front panel with the artwork of the Bride is complete. Scarce in any dust jacket. (33467). Item #33467
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