PHOTOPLAY EDITION PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by JANE AUSTEN

 UP FOR BID IS "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE" WRITTEN BY JANE AUSTEN. THIS IS A COPY OF THE PHOTOPLAY EDITION OF THE 1940 MGM MOVIE STARRING SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER AND GREER GARSON. THIS RED CLOTH HARDCOVER WAS PUBLISHED BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, NY CIRC@ 1940.  IT MEASURES 5.5" BY 8.5" AND HAS 364 PAGES. THIS CLASSIC BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF THE ROMANCE BETWEEN ELIZABETH BENNET AND MR. DARCY. MORE THAN THE ROMANCE, IT  GIVES A PICTURE OF FAMILY LIFE IN 18TH CENTURY ENGLAND. BOTH ENDPAPERS FEATURE A SCENE FROM THE MOVIE. THE BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. THE TAPE REPAIRED DUST JACKET HAS A PHOTO OF GREER GARSON AND SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER. THERE ARE NINE PLATES FROM THE FILM SCATTERED THROUGHOUT. THE JACKET IS JUST A GOOD CONDITION EXAMPLE. THERE ARE SOME PIECES OF TAPE USED TO REPAIR A COUPLE OF LARGE TEARS ON THE FRONT COVER & SPINE. SPINE TOP HAS SOME LOSS AFFECTING THE TITLE (IMAGE 6). REAR COVER HAS A FOLD LINE AND A SPLIT ALONG THE LEFT TOP EDGE. A WELL USED JACKET. INK OWNERSHIP INSCRIPTION DATED 1940 (IMAGE 11).