[PHOTOPLAY]. SHELLEY, Mary W. (1797-1851). Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus. Illustrated with Scenes from the Universal Photoplay. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1931]. 8vo. Illustrated with frontispiece and 6 plates, one of which is double-page. xiv, 1-240, [2, blank] pp. Publisher?s full red cloth, front board and spine lettered in black, publisher?s unclipped double-sided jacket with publisher?s catalogue on verso (minor rubbing to binding; jacket spine with some toning and mild edgewear, some light edgewear to jacket panels, some occasional marginal creased tears and small chips, some light soiling to recto and verso of jacket). Still, a fine copy, better than usually seen, in the rare original jacket. FIRST PHOTOPLAY EDITION OF THE CLASSIC 1931 MONSTER MOVIE, ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER PHOTOPLAYS IN JACKET. The Samuel G. Poet copy with a gift inscription to him on the ffep, and a die-cut poinsettia affixed to fp.