Mar 12, 2009 - Sale 2173

Sale 2173 - Lot 113

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
O'NEILL, EUGENE. Group of 5 Signed Limited Editions. Mostly 4to, original bindings; no dust jackets except for The Hairy Ape; all but Anna Christie in slipcases (worn); books in very good condition. The Emperor Jones, Anna Christie, and The Hairy Ape are all illustrated by Alexander King and, though uncalled for in the limitation, they were both additionally signed and dated by him in 1932. New York, vd

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Lazarus Laughed. 30/775. 1927 The Emperor Jones. Illustrated by Alexander King. 415/775 copies Signed by both O''Neill and King. 1928 Dynamo. Blue vellum binding unfaded. 497/775 copies. 1929 The Hairy Ape. Illustrated by Alexander King. 88/750 Signed by both O''Neill and King. Fine condition. 1929 Anna Christie. 228/775 copies Signed by both O''Neill and King. with--a tls by o''neill to king complementing him on the illustrations to The Hairy Ape: "I liked them even better than I did the ones for Jones," and telling him that there will be no deluxe edition of a work called "Tomorrow." 1 page, 8vo, on Le Plessis stationery. 29 January 1932 (though the date is circled with a question mark, possibly by King).