oneill eugene signed (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition Thus. xi, 44 pages; Former owner's name /date on ffep, otherwise clean and secure in original binding of vellum backstrip with titling in black, over dark blue paper boards; shallow strip of paper trimmed from top of first blank sheet. No. 1226 of a limited edition of only 1250 copies signed by author. Printed at The Stratford Press on Navarre paper. Deckle edge. Signed by Benjamin DeCasseres on the colophon page at the back of the book. Typography by S.A. Jacobs, on Fabriano paper. The only book to which Eugene O'Neill contributed a foreword [Atkinson 89]. Errata slips inserted at pp. x-xi and 32-33.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by the illustrator. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Signed by illustrator on colophon page. Light scuffing to cover boards. Shelf wear damage to top of spine. Binding is tight. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by illustrator.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Good +. Alexander King (illustrateur). First Thus. Patterned orange and blue paper over boards with black cloth spine lettered in gilt. VG+/ Green jacket with Alexander King artwork soiled with darkened spine (legible). Loss of paper at spine ends. G+/ Slipcase has 4" loss of top cardboard and overall wear and tear. G. Copy signed by O'Neill on limitation page noted #500/1000. All King artwork in fine condition with slight transfer to facing pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Limited First Edition / First Printing. Number of 126 of 1200 copies. Signed by Eugene O'Neill on the colophon of the first volume. Blue cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. 502 pages. 453 pages. Fine. Vintage original Art Deco style owner bookplate to the pastedown of each volume. Please note: The pages are unopened. The title on the title page of the books is "The Complete Works of Eugene O'Neill." The title on the spine reads "Collected Plays of Eugene O'Neill. Signed by Author(s).

Green Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine Dustjacket. 1st Edition. Three Different Editions: A Fine Copy Of The Signed Limited First Edition Of The Book, Signed By O'neill, In A Near Fine Original Slipcase. Also Included Is The First Trade Edition, Near Fine In A Near Fine, Unfaded Dust Jacket, Not Price-Clipped. Also Included Is A Unique Copy Of The Third Printing, February 1928, The Printing Just Before The First Production Of The Play, At The Pasadena Playhouse. Prepared By Or For Claude D. Seaman [Of The Standard Lighting Company, Los Angeles], With His Name On Front Endpaper Carefully Blocked In Ink. Printed Heading, By Hand, On First Blank "World Premiere/ Of O'neill's/ "Lazarus Laughed"/ Pasadena Community Playhouse/ April 9 - 1928"; Repeated On Verso; Half Title With Line For Author's Signature [But He Was Not Present And This Line Is Thus Blank]; Verso With "World Premiere." Text Repeated, With Lines For Director, Musical Director, Director Of Movement, Art Director, Production Manager, Business Manager, And The Chairman Of The Production Committee, Each Line Signed By The Person Holding That Position; Title Page; Verso Is Copyright Page; Synopsis Page; Verso Are Lines Drawn And Extended To Each Of The "Characters" Listed On The Following Page, Each Line Signed By The Person Who Played That Part, Maurice Wells Thus Signing Twice, 14 Signatures In All; "World Premiere" Text Repeated At Foot Of Characters Page And Again On Verso; "Act One" Title Page; Verso Repeats Then "World Premiere.' Text, Followed By Lijnes For Each Of The Producing Staff / Setting, Including The Designer James Hyde, And 11 Others. With, Laid In Loosely, The Los Angeles Newspaper Review By The Spectator Of The Production Which Shortly Moved To The Hollywood Music Box [Theatre], With A Clipped Newspaper Ad For The Production Citing A Cast Of 250 And A Production Cost Of $100,000. The Play Has Since Been Produced Only Four Times, Due In Part To The Expense And Difficulty, But Also To Its Philosophical, Didactic Yet Confrontational Tone Which Has Not Set Well With General Audiences Since The Original Use Of This Dramatic Form Several Thousand Years Past. Irving Pichel [1891-1954] Played The Title Role. He Also Played The Servant, Sandor, In Dracula's Daughter, Fagin In The 1933 Film Oliver Twist, And About 57 Other Films 1930-1939, With Minor Roles In Films He Later Directed. He Directed Films 1932-1954, Including The Most Dangerous Game, She, Earthbound, Hudson's Bay, The Moon Is Down, They Won't Believe Me, The Miracle Of The Bells, Destination Moon, And Santa Fe. In 1947 Hje Was One Of The Hollywood 19 Subpoened By The House Un-America Activities Committee; He Was Not Called To Testify, But Was Blacklisted, Requiring Him To Work Outside The Us. Victor Jory [1902-1982] Was Canadian, Attended School In Pasadena, Appeared In Theatre All Over The Us And Made His Motion Picture Debut In 1930, Later Appearing In Over 150 Pictures And Dozens Of Tv Episodes. [Note That This Book Is Not Signed By O'neill. Gilmor Brown, Producer Of The Play, Was Director Of Public Speaking And Dramatics At Caltech, Later Director Of The Pasadena Playhouse, And Responsible For Making It Into One Of The Premier Small Theatres In The U.S. From The 1920'S Into The 1950'S, Routinely Featuring Prominent Starring Actoirs And Furnishing An Entree For Many Actors Who Later Became Successful In Motion Pictures And Tv. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Etat : Near fine. Etat de la jaquette : near fine. The limited edition of The Hairy Ape, signed by Eugene O'Neill. With illustrations by Alexander King. (illustrateur). Limited Edition. Octavo, 114pp, [2]. Marbled hardcover, spine in black cloth, title stamped in gilt. Black endpapers. Complete with nine illustrations by Alexander King. Numerous unopened leaves. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, title on label affixed to the side panel, top board replaced, shelf wear and chipping to edges. In the publisher's dust jacket, shallow chipping at head and heel of the spine, a near fine example. From a limited edition of 750 copies, signed by Eugene O'Neill, this being number 298. Eugene O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. He is best remembered for his play Long Day's Journey into Night, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1957. In the 1920s, O'Neill won the Pulitzer Prize three times, in 1920 for Beyond the Horizon, in 1922 for Anna Christie, and in 1928 for Strange Interlude. His other works include The Emperor Jones, Desire Under the Elms, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Ah, Wilderness! One of his best works, The Iceman Cometh, was produced in 1946. O'Neill died in 1953.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. . 7 1/8" x 9 1/2"; 24 pages + front and back covers; 1932. Signed on program by 14 members of the cast including: Judith Anderson; Florence Reed; Walter Abel; Crane Wilbur; Seth Arnold; Eric Kalkhurst; Thurston Hall; Bernice Elliott; Beatrice Moreland; Forest Zimmer; Cameron King; Harry Hermsen; George Callahan; Sara Floyd. "Mourning Becomes Electra" opened at the Alvin Theatre May 9, 1932 for a total of 16 performances.