American playwright who remains a central figure in the history of twentieth-century drama. Among his most famous works are The Iceman Cometh, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Long Day’s Journey into Night. A four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. Signed book: The Hairy Ape. NY: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover covered in decoratively printed handmade paper, 8 x 10.5, 115 pages. Limited illustrated edition of 775 copies (this copy No. 59), signed on the limitation page in fountain pen. Wear to corners and a hint of toning to edge of signed page, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
