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The Mark of Zorro
by McCulley, Johnston
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine/near fine
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/near fine. 1st edition of the California epic. Fine in the 1st printing dustjacket without the Grosset and Dunlap logo ("G&D") on the spine, and with Dec. 1924 ads on the verso. The dustjacket has small chips to the corners else it's near fine, and 1st editions of Zorro in the correct jacket are plenty scarce (despite us having 2 of them), and most copies in jacket are in the reprint jacket, and those few that are correct, usually look like they've been tortured by Torquemada and then shot by the Death Star. And copies without a jacket are just a submission to hasty expediency.
Synopsis
The rousing adventure that gave birth to one of popular culture's most enduring iconsOriginally titled The Curse of Capistrano in its 1919 debut, this exciting tale achieved immortal fame thanks to Douglas Fairbanks's 1920 blockbuster film, The Mark of Zorro-a cinematic triumph that inspired Johnston McCulley to retitle his novel and dedicate it to Fairbanks. Set in Mexican California during the 1820s, the story follows the career of Don Diego Vega, by all appearances an effete and foppish aristocrat. But Vega's timorous reputation is nothing more than a mask to conceal his alter ego: a California Robin Hood known as Zorro, whose swift blade strikes down those who exploit the poor and oppressed. The inspiration for dozens of film and television adaptations, The Mark of Zorro remains a paradigm of swashbuckling adventure.First time in Penguin ClassicsIncludes an introduction and filmography
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69
- Title
- The Mark of Zorro
- Author
- McCulley, Johnston
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ft1
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Biblioctopus
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Century City, California
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