Mourning Becomes Electra.
O'NEILL, Eugene.
Mourning Becomes Electra.
Signed Limited First Edition of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1931.
$2,000.00
In Stock
Item Number: 142951
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 60 days to complete
Signed limited edition of O’Neill’s classic play. Quarto, original full Japan vellum gilt, black morocco spine label, signed by Eugene O’Neill, one of 550 copies this is number 363. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional presentation.
Set in New England just after the end of the Civil War, Mourning Becomes Electra is O'Neill's three part reworking of themes from Greek tragedy. This adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by one of America's greatest playwrights is a landmark in the history of theatre.
