Phantom Of The Opera 1st US Edition

[uath]

This is great. I was going through my parents bookshelf and found a 1911 edition of Phantom Of The Opera. It's by the Bobbs-Merrill Company of New York, printed in Indianapolis. It has color illustrations..

It turns out to be the first US edition. I looked up the book. It's worth 1200-1500$ depending on condition.

I'm not going to sell it. It's just too cool.

I also found a 1903 edition collecting the short stories of Guy De Maupassant. Surprisingly, It's not that valuable.

[uath]

The Book is listed as a first edition. That's funny, because it was published in French first. Apparently, it was published in english in London and NY at the same time. The London edition is more valuable ($2500).

Check this out. My edition is also stamped "Press of Braunwort & Co. Bookbinders and printers, Brooklyn, NY."

This is the exact same edition I have:

www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=919233891&searchurl=an%3DGaston%2BLeroux%26fe%3Don%26ph%3D2%26pics%3Don%26tn%3Dphantom%2Bopera