(Cohan, George M.), (Eugene O'Neill)

"Broadway Boy" (about Cohan's life and review of performance in "Ah! Wilderness" with Cover Portrait of Cohan

0. 1st Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine (light wear to spine edge) com0lete issue dated October 9, 1933. Over 4 columns, the article, "Broadway Boy", appears in the "Theater" section on George Cohan's performance of the lead in "Ah! Wilderness". Cover portrait of Cohan, photo of O'Neill inside. Rare item. Near Fine.

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Book number: dn572

Eugene O'Neill [Starring John Abbott, Craighall Sherry, Enid Price Hill, John Ford, Waldo Wright, Basil Gignam in]

Mourning Becomes Electra The Westminster Theatre Programme 1937

London, The Westminster Theatre, 1937. First Edition. Paperback. offsettingf to cover Very Good.

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Book number: 500035625

Keywords: THEATRE

AESCHYLUS, SOPOCLES, EURIPIDES, ARISTOPHANES (AUTHORS); OATES, WHITNEY J.; O'NEILL JR., EUGENE (EDITORS)

Seven Famous Greek Plays (Modern Library #158. 2)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1952]. Hardcover. A selection of seven notable plays from ancient Greece. Includes Agamemnon and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus; Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles; Medea and Alcestis by Euripides and The Frogs by Aristophanes. Edited, with introductions and notes by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. Volume wrapped in grey & tan jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 365 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1952 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #158.2. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and with unmarked interior but with a little age-toning to leaves & prior owner's inked name to front free endpaper. Price-clipped dust jacket with a darkened spine, a few small tears and chafing to edges, otherwise intact and wrapped in new removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxvi, 446, (6, ads) pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 87207

Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Drama/Theatre; Movies/Tv >>Greek & Roman Classics

AESCHYLUS, SOPOCLES, EURIPIDES, ARISTOPHANES (AUTHORS); OATES, WHITNEY J.; O'NEILL JR., EUGENE (EDITORS)

Seven Famous Greek Plays (Modern Library #158. 2)

New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1966]. Hardcover. A selection of seven notable plays from ancient Greece. Includes Agamemnon and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus; Oedipus the King and Antigone by Sophocles; Medea and Alcestis by Euripides and The Frogs by Aristophanes. Edited, with introductions and notes by Whitney J. Oates and Eugene O'Neill, Jr. Volume wrapped in blue, red & grey variant jacket. --- In Toledano spine 11 / rust cloth / ML hex torchbearer device blindstamped to front cover / gilt-stamped spine titling & torchbearer / tan Kent endpapers / jacket style l, verso blank. Likely published c.1966 (though 1950 date appears in book). ML #158.2. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Price-clipped dust jacket with chipping, small tears along edges and some rubbing, else bright, intact and in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xxvi, 446, [8, ads] pages. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 89003

Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Drama/Theatre; Movies/Tv >>Greek & Roman Classics

Eugene O'Neill

Beyond the Horizon and Gold; All God&Apos;S Chillun Got Wings, Desire Under the Elms and Welded

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924-1925 . First edition. Cloth. A pair of first editions comprised of the theatrical works of Eugene O'Neill. First edition, in the original publisher's blue cloth binding. Written by American playwright, Eugene O'Neill, who was known for his poetically titled plays, and for introducing realism in theatre to the US. This collection is comprised of 'Beyond the Horizon' and 'Gold' in the 1924 work, and 'All God's Chillun Got Wings', 'Desire Under the Elms' and 'Welded', in the 1925 work. These were all full-length plays, with themes of greek tragedy, english countryside and spiritualism. In the original publisher's blue cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with light rubbing and the occasional mark to the boards, causing a touch of discolouration. Fading to the spine and darkening to spine label. Light bumping to the extremities. Odd mark to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 877Q27

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: plays eugene o'neill collection first edition eugene o'neill None

Eugene O'Neill; Donald Gallup

The Calms of Capricorn

New Haven and New York, Ticknor and Fields, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this posthumously published play from Eugene O'Neill, expanded into a complete play by Donald Gallup from O'Neill's notes. With a signed presentation inscription from Gallup. The first edition, first printing.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A posthumously published play from acclaimed American playwright Eugene O'Neill, developed from O'Neill's 'scenario' and rough outline by noted bibliographer, editor and art and book collector Donald C. Gallup.With a presentation inscription from Gallup to the front free endpaper, reading 'For M. G. W. another tome for the (groaning) shelf, D.C.G. 24 May 1982&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Light chipping to dust wrapper back strip head, otherwise excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951F16

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Eugene O'Neill Long Day's Journey into Night Pulitzer Prize for Drama Donald Gallup Long Day's Journey into Night None

Eugene O'Neill; Various

A Collection on the Works of Eugene O&Apos;Neill

New York; New Haven, Horace Liveright; Random House; Yale University Press; McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1929-1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes of work by and on American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Seven volumes. A collection of volumes by and on the works of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, an American playwright whose poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism. This set contains: Dynamo, 1929. First edition. A play in three acts, following a conflict between two families, the Lights and the Fifes, that is marked by their religious differences and has soured into personal hatred. A Bibliography of the Works of Eugene O'Neill, 1931. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number one hundred and thirty-three. Illustrated with a frontispiece, seven plates and numerous in-text figures. Collated complete. Written by Ralph Sanborn and Barrett H. Clark, American writers and editors. A Touch of the Poet, 1957. First edition. Intended with its sequel, More Stately Mansions, be part of a nine-play cycle entitled A Tale of Possessors Self-Dispossessed. This work is set in the dining room of Melody's Tavern, near Boston, and centers on ageing pub owner Major Cornelius Melody. A Moon for the Misbegotten, 1952. First edition. A sequel to O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, in four acts, with the Jim Tyrone character as an older version of Jamie Tyrone. The Curse of the Begotten: A Tale of the House of O'Neill. First edition, first printing. Exploring the themes of disease, alcoholism, suicide, dissension, and unhappy death which so often occurred in the plays of O'Neill, with reference to his own life and the personal lives of his family. Written by Croswell Bowen, an American political reporter, activist journalist, and biographer. Ten "Lost" Plays by Eugene O'Neill, 1964. First edition, first printing. A collection of short plays displaying the creative mind of a young dramatist practicing his art. Eugene O'Neill and the American Critic, 1973. Second edition. A serious study of the domestic critical reception of the works of Eugene O'Neill, with a complete listing of all publication dates. Written by Jordan Y. Miller, an American literary critic. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with minor fading to the spines. Original dust wrappers are unclipped other than Dynamo, A Moon for the Misbegotten, and A Touch of the Poet which have been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 952T19

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: O'Neill Dynamo Bibliography Curse Dynamo Lost Critic None

Eugene O'Neill

Desire Under the Elms

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1925 . First edition. Cloth. Costume and set designer Frank Poole Bevan's own copy of the first separate edition of Eugene O'Neill's New England-set play. The first separate edition of this play, the 'Provincetown-Greenwhich Plays' edition.O'Neill's play was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus, and presents an attempt to adapt the elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting.With the inscription of Fr. Pool Bevan to the front free endpaper. Frank Poole Bevan was an American costume and set designer renowned for his contributions to theatre design and education. He joined the Yale School of Drama as a faculty member in the 1930s, where he served as a professor of theatrical design until his retirement in 1971.Working in the theatrical scene of New York in the same time period, it is possible that Bevan and O'Neill new one another. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bump and small closed tear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951F38

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: long day's journey into night Eugene O'Neill Frank Poole Bevan Eugene O'Neill None

Eugene G. O'Neill

The Emperor Jones, Diff&Apos;Rent, the Straw

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of plays from American writer Eugene Gladstone O'Neill. First edition, binding A with middle initial G in author's name on spine and upper cover. A collection of the early plays of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill, an American playwright whose poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of realism. Containing: The Emperor Jones, a 1920 tragic play that tells the tale of Brutus Jones, a resourceful, self-assured African American and a former Pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game. Diff'rent, a 1921 two-act tragedy concerning a woman who rejects her fiancée over a single act of infidelity and later becomes engaged to another man who turns out to have poor character. The Straw, a 1919 three act play following characters Eileen Carmody and Stephen Murray during their time at Hill Farm Sanatorium. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light wear to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Book number: 952T18

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Emperor Jones Diff'rent Straw Jones None

Eugene O'Neill

The Hairy Ape and Other Poems the Emperor Jones, the Straw and the Diff&Apos;Rent

London, Jonathan Cape, 1924-25. Cloth. A collection of plays by Nobel Prize winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill, in their original cloth bindings. Reprints. First printed in 1922 to 'Emperor Jones' and 1923 to 'Hairy Ape&apos. Two Volumes. In the publisher's original cloth. This set features a collection of plays by Eugene O'Neill, an American playwright and Nobel Prize winner in literature. The collection includes plays such as 'The Hairy Ape', an expressionist play about a labourer called 'Yank', and 'Emperor Jones, a play about 'Brutus Jones', a man who ends up in jail after killing a man and escapes onto a Caribbean island where he makes himself emperor. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally generally smart with slight leans, fading to the spines and extremities of the boards, marks to the boards with damp stains to the front to 'Hairy Ape' and slight loss and closed tears to the spine labels. Award label to the front pastedowns to a 'Matthew Anderson' from his colleagues at the Manchester Guardian dated 1926. Offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally firmly bound with age toned pages and the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 884Z9

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: Play Threatre Performing Arts Eugene O'Neill Threatre None

Eugene O'Neill

Lazarus Laughed

New York, Boni & Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A signed limited edition of Eugene O'Neill's drama subtitled 'A Play for Imaginative Theatre', featuring characters and events following the raising of Lazarus of Bethany from the dead by Jesus. The first edition of this work, in the original slip case.Number 258 of 775 numbered and signed copies, signed by O'Neill to the limitation leaf.O'Neill's play required more than a hundred actors making up a masked chorus, resembling both Greek tragedy and the mystery plays of the Middle Ages.O'Neill received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 and was the only author to win the Pulitzer Prize four times. In the publisher's original paper-vellum backed decorative paper covered boards, with paper covered slip case. Back strip lightly age toned, with light shelf wear to back strip tail. Otherwise, externally excellent. Slip case in fair condition, with top panel and back strip tenderly held, and bumping to board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951F41

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Lazarus Laughed Eugene O'Neill A Play for Imaginative Theatre long day's journey into night Eugene O'Neill None

Eugene O'Neill

Marco Millions: A Play

London, Jonathan Cape, 1927. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this satirical play on the life and journeys of Marco Polo, in the extremely scarce unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work by Eugene O'Neill. In the extremely scarce dustwrapper. A scholarly copies with annotations by a a student to the occasional leaf.A satirical play on the life and travels of Marco Polo, written in O'Neill's poetical manner. Marco Polo travels towards a romance that never touches him; A intensely amusing work. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Inscribed by a previous owner to the front pastedown. The dustwrapper is unclipped and very smart with only slight shelfwear. and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional faint odd spot and minor pencil annotations by a previous owner to the occasional leaf. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 766A18

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: marco polo plays first editions dustwrapper plays satire None

Eugene O'Neill

Marco Millions

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful signed limited edition, first edition, American playwright Eugene O'Neill's drama about Marco Polo. The limited edition, first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slip case.Number 324 of 440 signed copies, signed by O'Neill to the limitation leaf.O"Neill's play reimagines the travels of Marco Polo, portraying him as a materialistic and shallow merchant rather than a heroic explorer. It offers a critique of American capitalism and imperialism, contrasting Marco"s American and greedy worldview with the philosophical wisdom of Kublai Khan's court.O'Neill received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 and was the only author to win the Pulitzer Prize four times. In the publisher's original paper vellum backed marbled paper covered boards, with paper covered slip case. Back strip age toned, with light edgewear to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Slip case in good only condition. Significant bumping to slip case board perimeters, with top board of slip case lacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Gatherings unopened to heads. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951F40

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: eugene o'neill Marco Millions Long Day's Journey into Night Ah, Wilderness! Marco Millions None

Eugene O'Neill; Donald Gallup [ed.]

Poems, 1912-1944

New Haven, Ticknor and Fields, 1980 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of the poetry of Eugene O'Neill. Inscribed by the editor, Donald Gallup, to the publisher Chester Kerr. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Inscribed by the editor, Donald Gallup, to the front free endpaper, with the inscription reading 'for Chester Kerr, carrying on the great tradition with the grateful good wishes of Donald Gallup as of 1980&apos.Chester Kerr was a leading figure in both commercial and non-commercial book publishing, and spent three decades of his publishing career at the Yale University Press.A wonderful anthology of the poetry of celebrated American playwright Eugene O'Neill. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Inscription to front free endpaper. Significant sunning to dust wrapper back strip, with small loss of paper to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 951F37

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Poems, 1912-1944 Eugene O'Neill Long Day's Journey into Night The Hairy Ape Eugene O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! chester kerr None

Eugene O'Neill

Strange Interlude

New York, Boni & Liveright , 1928 . First edition. Cloth. A bright, first edition of this experimental play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill, presented in the striking original dust wrapper. First edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. 'Strange Interlude' was an experimental play in nine acts, written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It won the award for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1928, and is recognised for its extensive use of soliloquy, showing the characters speaking their inner thoughts directly to the audience. The plot surrounds Nina Leeds in her quest for love and marriage after her fiance is killed in World War I. With themes of mental illness, abortion and female sexual affairs, this play was considered to be rather controversial at the time of publication, leading to a censorship in many cities outside New York. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with light marking to cloth and a little bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is strained, but holding generally firm. Dust wrapper has separated into two pieces, with tears along the length of each joint. Loss to the backstrip tail with a few further small chips to the extremities. Panels remain bright, with just the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, and a little age toned. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good Only.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 951Q16

Catalogue: Plays

Keywords: Eugene O'Neill strange interlude play dust wrapper strange interlude None