MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA: A TRILOGY
by O'Neill, Eugene
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, Inc, 1931. First American Edition. Basis for Dudley Nichols's Oscar-nominated film adaptation, starring Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Kirk Douglas and Raymond Massey. Atkinson A32-I-1.a. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (21cm); publisher's blue-green 'V' cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt to spine and front cover, and decorative border with wave motif stamped in pale green; black topstain; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; [1-8],9-256pp. Faint offsetting to rear endpaper, else a tight, Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with faint corresponding offset to rear flap, hint of toning to flap folds, with a single closed tear to lower front joint; a bright, Near Fine example.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2176
- Title
- MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA: A TRILOGY
- Author
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.