Search Results: Mourning Becomes Electra a Trilogy by Eugene O'neill

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second printing, November, 1931".Gold-and pale-blue stamped blue cloth, dulled spine. Inked name FEP, clean text. Usual age-toned paper. 6543 shelf

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Hardcover, blue-green cloth boards. Good/Dust Jacket condition fair. Trilogy includes The Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. Set in New England at the end of the Civil War and based on the Oresteia of Aeschylus, O'Neill explores the conflict between the stark Puritan character and romantic passion. November 1931 printing. 256 pages, decorative endpapers, cover wear & soil. Wear & tear to jacket, darkened spine, split at front flap (2 pieces). Part of a uniform edition of O'Neill's works, Third Edition noted on jacket flap, clear wraps added.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair DJ; p.o.'s gift inscription on front flyleaf; dj has edge chipping & repaired flaws at spine; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new Mylar wrap;. Robert Edmond Jones. 8 vo; dark green bords with lighter green decoration & gilt signature of the playwright; gilt spine lettering; illust. endpapers; 256 pgs.; light green illust. dj.

Horace Liveright, 1931. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 1931 6th printing hardcover edition, sunning/foxing to pages, spine intact. previous owner embossed. fast shipping.

Horace Liveright, 1931-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap.

New York : Boni & Liveright. Interior is clean, bright, and unmarked. Previous owner's neat signature and date on front free endaper. DJ spine darkened and chipped at top and bottom. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). 1931.

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931 Clean interior, hinges loosening but not separated. Some rubbing and wear to the cover. Overall a nice copy.

LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1932 Blue Cloth Boards with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile author signature to front board. 190 x 130 mm approx. 288pp. First UK Edition 1st printing 1932. VG. no d/j (Book- A little light shelf wear to cloth at extremities- colour loss only. A few foxing spots and offset browning to end papers. Previous owner book plate to front paste down and pencil note to rear ditto. No other notable defects). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.

NY: HORACE LIVERIGHT, 1931. FIRST PRINTING. . Hardcover. Very Good/NoNE. N/A. COPYRIGHT PAGE STATES COPYRIGHT 1931 BY HORACE LIVERIGHT INC. NO OTHER PRINTINGS MENTIONED SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT TOP OF TEXTBLOCK DYED GREEN BOUND IN GREEN WITH O'NEILL'S SIGNATURE ON FRONT LETTERING ON SPINE VERY FADED BOTTOM HALF OF BACK HINGE IS STARTING SMALL NICK AT TOP OF COVER AREAS OF SPOTTING ON COVER STILLL A VERY NICE FIRST PRINTING OF THIS TITLE VERY NICE BRIGHT TEXTBLOCK

NY: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First printing. Near fine (lightly bumped corners) in a good to very good dustjacke that's missing a chip to the top of the spine and top left of front pane lthat affects the title lettering (specifically. Mourning, the es of Becomes, and ra of Electra, and the E of Eugene are missing) Other than that it's quite a nice jacket. Not priceclipped and no markings.

O'Neill, Eugene: Mourning Becomes Electra, A Trilogy (1931 First Edition, Horace Liveright, Inc. w/Dj) DRAMA. Three Plays, or parts: Homecoming, The Hunted, The Haunted. RARE. Used. Very Good Condition/ Good- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original Cover Price is $2.50. Jacket has some loss at the spine. Now protected by mylar wrap. Please see our photos. Plot Summary: "Mourning Becomes Electra is a story styled after the Greek legend and the title refers to how the lead character is condemned to a life of mourning the disasters that befall her family. In the Greek legends, Electra is the sister to Orestes, and they are the children of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon."

NY: Horace Liveright, 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First printing. Good to very good (the front hinge is started and the front free endpaper is detached, but whole) in a very good or better dustjacket with minute edgewear and darkened spine. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 53)

NY: Horace Liveright, Inc, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Cloth hardbound in dust jacket, 256 pp., clean unmarked text. Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, light rubbing to the tips of the cloth, dust jacket's spine somewhat darkened, mild rubbing to the edges of the dust jacket, very minor wear to the dust jacket's tips.

NY: Horace Liveright, 1931. 1st ed., 1931. First printing. 8vo. 256 pp. Period bookplate front pastedown else this is a fine book in a fine price clipped DJ with slight spinal darkeneing; no chips or tears.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

New York: Horace Liveright. 1931. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Light staining to boards. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Black leather spine label. Spine slightly darkened, gilt remains very bright. Owner's name in small neat hand on front free endpaper. This special edition is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 500 copies, this being #414. This trilogy is composed of "Homecoming", "The Hunter", and "The Haunted". 256 pages + "working notes". Top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1952) was an American playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Full Vellum. Light Soiling and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.

New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. Spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Black leather spine label. Spine slightly darkened, gilt remains very bright. Owner's name in small neat hand on front free endpaper. This special edition is SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 500 copies, this being #414. This trilogy is composed of "Homecoming", "The Hunter", and "The Haunted". 256 pages + "working notes". Top edge trimmed, others untrimmed. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1952) was an American playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Full Vellum. Light Soiling and Corner Wear/No Dust Jacket. Royal Octavo.

Horace Liveright, 1931-01-01. First Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. Signed by Author. Limited edition of 550 copies signed by author, 501-550 for presentation. This is copy number 531. Vellum bound edition showing minor soiling & shelf wear. Small tears on top & bottom of spine. Small crack starting on bottom edge of rear board at spine (see photos). Signed by author on presentation page. Toning, wear & small tears on pages throughout. Two small red marks on front pastedown. Includes facsimile copies of working notes in O'Neill's handwriting in a tipped in pouch on rear pastedown. PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.

New York: Horace Liveright, Inc., 1931. Hardcover in slipcase. Good/No Jacket, as issued. SIGNED Presentation Copy in Slipcase, #524 of the special limited edition (501-550 were for presentation). Signed by O'Neill in black ink. Though not indicated, this volume is from the library of T. R. Smith, chief editor and adviser at Liveright throughout its heyday in the 1920s and responsible for publishing some of O'Neill's works (including an early volume of one-act plays and Strange Interlude in 1928). Trilogy of plays containing Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. Includes Working Notes and Extracts from a fragmentary work diary, facsimile pages inserted in rear pocket. Stained & spotted white vellum with beveled edges, gilt-stamping and black spine label. Scarce slipcase in fair condition with fragile & cracked edges and old tape repairs. Binding solid and untrimmed/uncut, but covers are rather spotted & darkened. O'Neill was a Puitzer and Nobel Prize winning American playwright, considered one of… Read More