GRAUSTARK: THE STORY OF A LOVE BEHIND A THRONE.
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, [circa 1915]. Illustrated. Reprint Edition. Contains photographs from what appears to be the 1915 movie version. Photographs are by R.W. Johnston Studios, based in Pennsylvania. There is also a 1925 silent film, directed Frank Borzage, and starring Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien.
Graustark is a romantic, quasi-historical novel subtitled The Story of a Love Behind a Throne, first published in 1901. Modeled on Anthony Hope’s popular novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), Graustark is set in the mythical middle-European kingdom of Graustark and is suffused with derring-do, court intrigues, and passionate romance. 12mo., pictorial blue cloth, stamped in white; 399 pages plus ads. Item #57492
Very Good (front cover very nice; bit of browning endpapers; text nice & tight with some minor wear). A nice copy!
Price: $25.00