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WALLACE,EDGAR** and COOPER,MERIAN C - Novelisation by Delos W. Lovelace: : KING KONG

LONDON.CORGI BOOK,1966.

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UK,12mo wraps,p/back Original,1st edn.[The true 1st edn originally published in the USA,as a HB by Grossat & Dunlap in 1932. The first paperback edition had been published by Bantam (US) in 1965.First publication in Britain by Corgi,in 1966. Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Pbs/softbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn, but softback/pb originals are published prior to any other format in the country of issue.] VG++.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to cover.Bright,crisp,clean, colour pictorial illustrated front cover with red+yellow and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges inevitably aged/toned but and clean; contents bright,tight,clean with page-edge tanning - due in part to quality of paper used,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,could appear unread - apart from my own collation.UK,12mo wraps,p/back original,1st edn,1-152pp [paginated] includes 19 (XIX) chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,title separator page,and 2pp publisher's advert at rear of book as last pages. A very scarce and RARE in this condition, exceptional example in exceptional condition and an important and scarce addition to the Edgar Wallace canon. KING KONG.Taller than a five storey building,able to crush an aeroplane with his bare hands,ruler of a lost empire of prehistoric monsters. KING KONG,the giant killer-ape,who fell in love with a blonde waif and made her the prisoner of his strange passion. KING KONG,the world-famous story of beauty and the beast that has thrilled and amazed countless millions all over the world. Posthumously,Wallace's most famous work was one he wouldn't get to see.Out of several scripts he penned for the RKO studio,Merian C. Cooper's "gorilla picture" had the most lasting influence, becoming the classic 1933 'King Kong'. Wallace was assigned work on the RKO "gorilla picture" (King Kong,1933) for producer Merian C. Cooper.By late January, however,he was beginning to suffer sudden, severe headaches and was diagnosed with diabetes.His condition deteriorated within days.Edgar had slipped into a coma and died of the condition,combined with double pneumonia,on 10 February 1932 in Beverly Hills. Wallace wrote the initial 110-page draft for 'King Kong' over a period of five weeks,from late December 1931 to January 1932.The movie was initially to be called 'The Beast',and this was the name of Wallace's treatment. In December,1932,his story and screenplay for King Kong were "novelized" or transcribed by Delos W. Lovelace,a journalist and author himself who knew Cooper from when they worked on the same newspaper,and appeared in book form under the title 'King Kong'.Lovelace based the transcription largely on the Ruth Rose and James A. Creelman screenplay.This "novelization" of King Kong,attributed to Wallace,Cooper and Lovelace,was originally published by Grosset and Dunlap (US),1932. In 1976,Grosset and Dunlap republished the novel in both paperback and hardcover editions. The Delos Lovelace transcription remains the official book-length treatment of the story. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo p/back Original,1st edn thus.

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