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O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Strange Interlude. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.

Auction 11.10.2002
11.10.2002
Schätzpreis
1.500 $ - 2.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
2.270 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 243

O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Strange Interlude. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928.

Auction 11.10.2002
11.10.2002
Schätzpreis
1.500 $ - 2.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
2.270 $
Beschreibung:

O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Strange Interlude. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. 8 o. Original vellum with gilt-lettered blue morocco spine label, uncut (some discoloration to covers); publishers slipcase (repaired). Provenance : Ernest Boyd (presentation inscription from Horace Liveright). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 20 of 25 copies reserved for the publisher of a total edition of 775 copies signed by O'Neill and additionally inscribed by Horace Liveright to Ernest Boyd on preliminary blank: "To my dear Ernest - this very special copy is most affectionately dedicated by his admiring friend - and with added admiration for a certain girl called Madeleine who is responsible for the gift - and, before it's too late - a happy birthday. Horace Liveright." Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was connected to Irish-American writer Ernest Boyd through their interests in Irish literature and theater and through numerous mutual friends. In 1934 Boyd joined O'Neill and several others as a founding editor of the short-lived American Spectator. Boyd was born in Dublin 1887, from 1910 through 1913 he was on the staff of the The Irish Times and later served as vice-consul in Baltimore, Barcelona and Copenhagen. During the First World War Boyd was accused of being a Sinn Feiner, and was forced to resign his diplomatic post in 1920. Almost immediately after settling in New York, he became part of the city's literary life, and was befriended by H.L. Mencken and Horace Liveright, among others. He wrote columns for Evening Post and Literary Review (later The Saturday Review of Literature ), and served as a reader for Alfred A. Knopf and for the Theater Guild. Strange Interlude won O'Neill his third Pulizer Prize. Atkinson A30-II-I.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 243
Auktion:
Datum:
11.10.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

O'NEILL, Eugene (1888-1953). Strange Interlude. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. 8 o. Original vellum with gilt-lettered blue morocco spine label, uncut (some discoloration to covers); publishers slipcase (repaired). Provenance : Ernest Boyd (presentation inscription from Horace Liveright). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 20 of 25 copies reserved for the publisher of a total edition of 775 copies signed by O'Neill and additionally inscribed by Horace Liveright to Ernest Boyd on preliminary blank: "To my dear Ernest - this very special copy is most affectionately dedicated by his admiring friend - and with added admiration for a certain girl called Madeleine who is responsible for the gift - and, before it's too late - a happy birthday. Horace Liveright." Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was connected to Irish-American writer Ernest Boyd through their interests in Irish literature and theater and through numerous mutual friends. In 1934 Boyd joined O'Neill and several others as a founding editor of the short-lived American Spectator. Boyd was born in Dublin 1887, from 1910 through 1913 he was on the staff of the The Irish Times and later served as vice-consul in Baltimore, Barcelona and Copenhagen. During the First World War Boyd was accused of being a Sinn Feiner, and was forced to resign his diplomatic post in 1920. Almost immediately after settling in New York, he became part of the city's literary life, and was befriended by H.L. Mencken and Horace Liveright, among others. He wrote columns for Evening Post and Literary Review (later The Saturday Review of Literature ), and served as a reader for Alfred A. Knopf and for the Theater Guild. Strange Interlude won O'Neill his third Pulizer Prize. Atkinson A30-II-I.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 243
Auktion:
Datum:
11.10.2002
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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