# Is "More Stately Mansions" by Eugene O'Neill a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of More Stately Mansions by Eugene O'Neill (Yale University Press, 1964) is identified by: Yale University Press, New Haven, 1964 (posthumous, unfinished). Yale 1964 is the first English-language edition.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Yale University Press, New Haven, 1964 (posthumous, unfinished)
- First English-language edition in cloth with dust jacket; a reading version prepared by Donald Gallup following Karl Ragnar Gierow's shortened acting script, with a Carl Van Vechten frontispiece portrait
- Publisher imprint reads Yale University Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Eugene O'Neill |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year | 1964 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Yale University Press, New Haven, 1964 (posthumous, unfinished) |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
Yale University Press, New Haven, 1964 (posthumous, unfinished). First English-language edition in cloth with dust jacket; a reading version prepared by Donald Gallup following Karl Ragnar Gierow's shortened acting script, with a Carl Van Vechten frontispiece portrait.

## Is this the true first?
Yale 1964 is the first English-language edition. A Swedish acting adaptation by Karl Ragnar Gierow (with Sven Barthel) was staged in Stockholm in 1962, preceding the English text.

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

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *More Stately Mansions* by Eugene O'Neill a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/more-stately-mansions
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.