DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Grosset Dunlap HC 1941 TRACY.

TITLE: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

AUTHOR: Robert Louis Stevenson

PUBLISHER: Grosset & Dunlap

COPYRIGHT: 1941

EDITION: first edition

CONDITION: Very Good/Very Good DJ

COMMENTS: Dust cover depicts Spencer Tracy from the MGM movie starring Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner.

The front cover of the dust-jacket reads : "Dr . Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. By Robert Louis Stevenson. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production starring Spencer Tracy with Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner." The title page reads : "The Strange Case of Dr . Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Master of Ballantrae. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. New York." The verso of the title page reads : "Printed in the United States of America." No publisher's date is given, however the film was released in 1941 so the book most definitely dates to within a year of its release. It is (8 X 5 1/2 inches); hardcover with dust-jacket;red cloth on boards with black stamped lettering on spine & front board; boards clean & bright; Dust Jacket in good condition aside from light soiling & wear to spine ends; contents clean; text block tight; minor silver fish damage to page tips; 234 pages. An attractive volume over-all with iconic cover-art. Photoplay edition of the celebrated Stevenson horror story. No photo stills in the book. Only motion picture tie-in is with the dust-jacket which features an image of Spencer Tracy as Jekyll with his alter-ego, Hyde, looming over his shoulder. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 horror film starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. Rather than being a new film version of the novel, it is a direct remake of the 1931 film of the same title, which differs greatly from the novel. The movie was based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and directed by Victor Fleming, director of Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz two years earlier. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (where Fleming was based) acquired the rights to the 1931 film, originally released by Paramount Pictures,