Photoplay edition

Typically, photoplay editions of the 1920s and 1930s contained stills and/or a dust jacket featuring artwork or actors from a film.

Deluxe editions might also contain a special binding, illustrated end papers or, rarely, a written introduction by the star of the film.

Today, novels published in conjunction with the release of a film will often feature an actor or actress on the cover of the book, but without the interior illustrations.

Photoplay Edition (SISU, 1975), by the noted science fiction and fantasy author Emil Petaja, was the first book on the subject.

Illustrating Petaja's guide are dozens of dust jackets and scene stills, each of which graced the original editions.