My Trip Abroad - INSCRIBED

New York & London: Harper & Brothers. 1922. First. Chaplin's account of what Europe did to world's most popular movie actor, illustrated with photographs and bearing a scarce signed inscription by the author on the front endpaper: "To my friend Karl Schmidt / From the author / 'As the saying goes' / Charlie Chaplin / Jun 15th 1922." Copyright 1922 with the two-letter code of "B-W" indicating the time of print (February, 1922) and identifying this as a first edition.

Chaplin had just achieved substantial success with his first feature film in 1921, "The Kid," and journeyed to Europe to bask in his international stardom. He spent time in England, enjoyed the company of H. G. Wells, toured France and Germany, and, due to an unfortunate bout of travel fatigue, turned down a lunch date with Douglas Fairbanks. Collecting his thoughts and experiences, "My Trip Abroad" reads like an intimate diary.

In very good condition in a good example of the scarce dust jacket. Notoriously found the worse for wear, this copy has been expertly rebacked with a professionally filled and restored mostly complete dust jacket.  (13003)

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