NMLP P-008900 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Before Breakfast

Eugene O'Neill · Frank Shay · 1916

This Frank Shay pamphlet is the true first separate edition of Before Breakfast; scarce in the original wrappers. O'Neill's earlier book Thirst and Other One-Act Plays (Gorham Press, 1914) is a different, unrelated collection and does not precede this title.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-008900 for "Before Breakfast" by Eugene O'Neill (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-008900, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).