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Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 238 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and faux gilt signature to cover with green edge ruled decoration. First edition of this work in three plays. Three plays. Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like Mourning Becomes Electra, Desire Under the Elms signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. It was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus. The Hairy Ape is a 1922 expressionist play about a beastly, unthinking laborer known as Yank, the protagonist of the play, as he searches for a sense of belonging in a world controlled by the rich. Welded originally published in 1924. This is one of O'Neill's most overtly autobiographical works, a play based on the love-hate affair between the playwright (Philip Anglim) and his second wife, Agnes Boulton (Ellen Tobie), changed from a novelist to an actress. What appears to be a brief midnight tiff is unconvincingly escalated into a conflict of mock tragic dimension. Condition: Corners bumped, spine dulled and darkened, spine ends rubbed else very good.
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms, "The Hairy Ape", Welded. Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition Thus. No dust jacket. Cover has a little rubbing/fading. Hinges cracked. Good condition.
Seller: Rare Reads, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene. Provincetown-Greenwich Plays: Desire Under the Elms. Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Price: US$11.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In black cloth. Slightly shaken.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$17.96 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: onngreen cloth from boni & liveright the Plays - DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS "THE HAIRY APE" WELDED
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms. Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very good book with some rubbing of lettering on spine. general wear to covers
Seller: Route 3 Books, Sandstone, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$22.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1925 - 1929; 6 volumes of 8; green cloth covered boards; no dust jackets; covers soiled; light to medium spine end and corner wear; all volumes have tight binding except "Dynamo" which has weak interior hinges; decorative end papers; most volumes have owner bookplate on front paste down; some have previous owner name on front fly; interiors unmarked with light toning; titles include "Dynamo"; "Strange Interlude"; "Marco Millions"; "Lazarus Laughed"; "Anna Chrisite, All God's Chillun Got Wings, Diff'rent"; "The Emperor Jone Gold, The First Man, The Dreamy Kid"; Additional shipping charges will be requested for International and expedited orders.
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First UK edition. Originally published in the US by Boni and Liveright in 1924. Boards have a little bumping to the bottom corners and the title panel has some browning but they are otherwise clean and unmarked. Light browning to page edges with a few scattered spots. Endpapers a little browned with some spotting. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Pages generally clean and unmarked otherwise. Flyer for Desire Under the Elms at the Theatre Royal laid in. Price-clipped jacket has browning to the spine, some scattered spotting over the front panel and light browning to the rear panel. Quarter inch closed tear to top edge of front panel, light chipping to the corners and light edge rubbing. Browning to the reverse. First printing.
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. 166 pp. First separate edition (Provincetown Greenwich Plays) of this famous play. Original black cloth stamped in white and orange. Nice copy.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
O'NEILL, EUGENE. DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS. BONI & LIVERIGHT, NY, 1925.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY HELEN POOL
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms; The Hairy Ape; Welded (Three Plays). Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Price: US$54.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 5th printing of 1925 copyright volume. Name written on front paste-down, no other marks within book. No DJ. Minor shelf wear. Boni & Liveright published a literary collection of Eugene O'Neill plays in the 1920s. Books have empressed designs in gilt w/ art deco decoration, blue tinted top page-edge. These are not performance copies for actors, but hard-bound library reading copies. Copyrights 1925,1924,1922. Stated from 5th printing December, 1927.
Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. A play in three parts. Near fine, no jacket. Slight rubbing to red color in titling on spine.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire Under the Elms. Boni & Liveright, 1925.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG- in cloth (sl rubbing/covers, sl bump/corners; some int brwn). 8vo 166pp First separate edition. At head of title: Provincetown-Greenwich Plays. Atkinson A25-II-1. Sunning to spine with a slight fading to title/imprint. Covers are slightly rubbed and bumped (at upper right corners); lower left corner of lower cover bumped/creased. Upper cover design still fairly bright: (the words Provincetown-Greenwich Plays on an orange background with a small window looking out at ship in full sail - white on a black background). Slight stain to foredges of first 6 leaves (including front free endpaper). Otherwise normal browning to edges throughout. Slight stain toward head of page 104 covering the words 'A few.' below - Scene Three. Words still readable. Otherwise no markings, etc. to text.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene. Desire under the Elms. The Hairy Ape. Welded. Boni and Liveright, New York, 1925.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of the Boni and Liveright assembly of all O'Neill's work up to that point, published in 1925. Boni combined a few of these works in each separate volume. A near fine copy in a the striking blue green cloth associated with these books. The endpapers for these volume were also quite noteworthy. The book is near fine with some oxidizing to the gold spine lettering. The dust jacket is near fine with light toning to the spine and a nailhead sized chip to the top of the spine.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No DJ Green cloth with gilt titles. Spine sun darkened, hinges starting, fold in end paper.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Eugene O'Neill. Desire Under the Elms (First Edition). Boni and Liveright, New York, 1925.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition thus. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned on the spine panel, with a few small chips to the corners. Scarce in jacket.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$525.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 238 pages. 8vo. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the half title page and inscribed to two individuals, dated Nantucket '25. Illustrated end papers. Binding is square and tight, no cracked hinges. The binding has the slightest of wear, spine darkened, now protected in mylar. Interior of the book is very clean with just a touch of very minor foxing on a few pages, no other marks. A scarce signed copy of this title.
Seller: ARABESQUE BOOKS, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
O'Neill, Eugene.. Desire Under the Elms.. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1925.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: First Printing. 2000 copies. A Very Fine copy in jet black cloth, stamped in red with ship motif on front cover, top edge stained burnt red, in a Very Near Fine tan paper dustwrapper printed in black, not price-clipped, with tape shadows to verso of spine-ends (shows as Fine). 166pp. Published as "Provincetown--Greenwich Plays." First separate publication of this play. Q19759
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.