Nov 20, 2012 - Sale 2295

Sale 2295 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 660
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
O'NEILL, EUGENE. The Emperor Jones. Illustrated with 8 plates by Alexander King. 4to, original cloth-backed decorated boards, corners bumped, discreet booklabel to rear pastedown; dust jacket, spine torn with slight loss, tape repair on verso of spine panel, overall edgewear. New York, 1928

Additional Details

signed limited edition, number 216 of 775 copies. Laid-in is a short ALS in gratitude to a "Mr. Best" from actor James Earl Jones, who played the title role in O'Neill's play on Broadway in 1964.