The Family Reunion; A Play

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1939 First American edition, first printing; first state dust jacket with $1.50 price to front flap. One of 2,500 copies. Publisher's black cloth, gilt stamping to spine; original yellow dust jacket printed in brown, with white lettering. Near fine book, with very light spotting to boards and top edge of text block, and The Old Corner Book Store ticket to front free endpaper; very good clipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine and edges, light spotting to panels and minimal soiling to rear panel, and light edgewear including a few small closed tears to rear panel. Overall, a tight and sturdy copy. Gallup A33b. The Family Reunion was first published in March of 1939 by Faber & Faber in London, with the first American edition published later in the same month. It is a verse drama that combines elements of Greek tragedy with modern psychology. The plot follows Harry Monchensey as he returns home to his family estate, haunted by guilt over his wife's death. The Eumenides, Greek goddesses of vengeance who most famously appear in Aeschylus's Oresteia, manifest as a symbol of Harry's inner torment, both psychological and mythical, which he attempts to reconcile.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.