The Emperor Jones.
by O'Neill, Eugene
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd, 1921. First separate edition of the play that established O'Neill as a successful playwright. Octavo, original wrappers. In near fine condition. The Emperor Jones tells the tale of Brutus Jones, a resourceful, self-assured African American and a former Pullman porter, who kills another black man in a dice game, is jailed, and later escapes to a small, backward Caribbean island where he sets himself up as emperor. The play recounts his story in flashbacks as Brutus makes his way through the jungle in an attempt to escape former subjects who have rebelled against him. The play was O'Neill's first big box-office hit. It established him as a successful playwright, after he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his first play, the much less well-known Beyond the Horizon (1920).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 118107
- Title
- The Emperor Jones.
- Author
- O'Neill, Eugene
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Stewart Kidd
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Eugene Oneill first edition, The Emperor Jones First Edition
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
About Raptis Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...