New York: Boni & Liveright. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; [SIGNED] 1925 Boni & Liveright. HC/DJ. 1st edition, thus, in the series of several uniform volumes issued by Boni collecting O'Neill's plays but published and sold separately. Prior owner has tipped in O'Neill's signature, clipped from the limitation leaf of Boni's 1924 limited signed edition of The Complete Works. Limitation is numbered 1043 of the 1200 copies of that work with O'Neill's signature below the limitation text; neatly clipped signature mounted to the half-title page. Snugly bound in original aqua green cloth with decorative ruling in blue and titles in gilt. Original pale blue paper dust jacket with titles and pictorial elements in dark blue and red. Front flap of jacket price clipped at corner; mild toning and superficial soiling to jacket spine and light rubbing edges. Small shallow damp line to jacket at crown of spine and adjoining are of the front panel. VG+/VG; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: DogStar Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 51885
Title: Plays: Beyond the Horizon. the Straw. before Breakfast [SIGNED]
Author: O'Neill, Eugene
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition Thus
Publisher: Boni & Liveright
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1925

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