Eugene O'Neill — Marco Millions

New York, Boni and Liveright, 1927 . First edition. Hardback. A wonderful signed limited edition, first edition, American playwright Eugene O'Neill's drama about Marco Polo. The limited edition, first edition of this work, in the publisher's original slip case.Number 324 of 440 signed copies, signed by O'Neill to the limitation leaf.O"Neill's play reimagines the travels of Marco Polo, portraying him as a materialistic and shallow merchant rather than a heroic explorer. It offers a critique of American capitalism and imperialism, contrasting Marco"s American and greedy worldview with the philosophical wisdom of Kublai Khan's court.O'Neill received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936 and was the only author to win the Pulitzer Prize four times. In the publisher's original paper vellum backed marbled paper covered boards, with paper covered slip case. Back strip age toned, with light edgewear to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Slip case in good only condition. Significant bumping to slip case board perimeters, with top board of slip case lacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Gatherings unopened to heads. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .