Upton Sinclair DAMAGED GOODS 1913 First and 10 similar items

DAMAGED GOODS: The Great Play LES AVARIES of Brieux; Novelized with the approval of the author By Upton Sinclair Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, (1913). First edition, first printing, first issue binding with blue-grey cloth. A complete novelization of the play, written by Upton Sinclair. Illustrated with four photo-scene plates from the 1913 Fulton Theater play production starring Richard Bennett, who also starred in the 1914 American silent film version, which is now considered a 'lost film'. The play by Eugene Brieux, originally produced in 1901 in French, in France--had difficulties with censorship and forced closings, the same difficulties it also had in all play productions, the 1914 American silent film, the 1919 British silent film, and the two sound films in 1933 and 1937. The story is about the lives of a couple who have contracted syphilis. Former owner's name and 1914 date to the upper edge of the front end-paper, upper front corner tip lightly bumped, a few tiny faint soil spots to the covers, minor scratch spots to the outer upper page edges, else near fine in blue-gray linen with gilt embossed titles to blind embossed decorative panels to the front cover and to the spine; lacking a dust jacket. FREE SHIPPING TO THE USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!