CHAPLIN, Charles (CHAPLIN, Charlie) — MY TRIP ABROAD

New York & London. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. A very early, if not first, printing with no date on the title page and the code "B-W" on the copyright page indicating publication in February 1922. Chaplin's account of what Europe did to the world's most popular movie actor, illustrated with photographs. This copy bears a scarce SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author on the recto of the frontispiece photograph: "To my dear old pal/Billy. Hoping you will/have a little fun/browsing through this/Charlie Chaplin/Feb. 24th 1922." Books signed by Chaplin, especially at such an early date when he was at the height of his popularity, are quite scarce. We have handled only one other signed copy of this book in over thirty years and it was inscribed in June, 1922. This copy likely INSCRIBED to the pioneering Western star Broncho Billy Anderson, a close friend of Chaplin’s.. The pictorial boards for this book are almost always quite worn and the dust jacket hardly ever present. This copy is quite decent with minor rubbing to the front cover with old staining to the rear cover. The spine and the front free endpaper have been expertly replaced and look exactly like the original. Very Good, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper