May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 320

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROUND ROBIN COPY O'NEILL, EUGENE. Mourning Becomes Electra. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, spine tips lightly rubbed; dust jacket, creasing to folds, light tanning and fingersoiling; front hinge starting; custom cloth chemise and slipcase New York: Boni & Liveright, 1931

Additional Details

first edition, presentation copy, inscribed by O'Neill to the actress Erinna Herts on the front free endpaper: "To Erinna Herts with all good wishes Eugene O'Neill Nov. 1931." Additionally, beneath O'Neill's inscription, are the signatures of the ten members of the play's original cast. Further, the play's director, Jack Moeller, has added a short inscription at the bottom of the page.