# Is "Hughie" by Eugene O'Neill a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Hughie by Eugene O'Neill (Yale University Press, 1959) is identified by: Yale University Press, New Haven, 1959, first English-language edition of this posthumous one-act play, in cloth with dust jacket. Yale 1959 is the first English-language edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Yale University Press, New Haven, 1959, first English-language edition of this posthumous one-act play, in cloth with dust jacket
- The binding is black boards stamped in silver and gold on the spine
- The true first is complete in its priced dust jacket, whose printed price should be present on the flap
- Publisher imprint reads Yale University Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Eugene O'Neill |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year | 1959 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Yale University Press, New Haven, 1959, first English-language edition of this posthumous… |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Yale University Press, New Haven, 1959, first English-language edition of this posthumous one-act play, in cloth with dust jacket. The binding is black boards stamped in silver and gold on the spine. The true first is complete in its priced dust jacket, whose printed price should be present on the flap.

## Is this the true first?
Yale 1959 is the first English-language edition. Hughie had its world premiere in Sweden (Royal Dramatic Theatre) in 1958, and a Swedish television version aired the same year, but a printed 1958 Swedish text edition preceding Yale could not be confirmed from reliable sources.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book club.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Hughie* by Eugene O'Neill a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/hughie
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-03.