O'NEILL, Eugene

Strange Interlude: A Play

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. First Trade Edition. First Printing, one of 20,000 copies. Octavo (21.25cm); glazed blue-green cloth, with titling and author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; grey topstain; dustjacket; [10],11-352pp. Gently spine-sunned, some wear to spine ends, with shallow loss at crown; upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), and some very subtle fading to edges of cloth; tanning to endpapers and text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is price-clipped, spine-sunned and edgeworn, with several nicks and tears, some shallow losses to spine ends and upper front panel, splitting to joints and flap folds (with some tape mending on verso), and narrow chip at center of front flap fold; front joint split through; Good.

The Nobel Prize-winning dramatist's third (of four) Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Basis for the 1932 Robert Z. Leonard-directed film featuring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable. There was also a 1988 TV version, directed by Herbert Wise with a cast headed by Kenneth Branagh. ATKINSON A30-I-1.a.

Price: $100.00

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