General Collection: Inscribed Books

Arno, Peter

Peter Arno's Cartoon Revue

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1941

Third Printing. Dust Jacket; Inscribed on Front Fly: "To Dear Madame Theresa of Grass Valley! For a Quiet Evening at Home! Love & Kisses -- Carlotta. Christmas 1941."

Caruso, Dorothy

Enrico Caruso. His Life and Death

Simon and Schuster, 1945

Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Eugene O'Neill with Admiration and Friendship Always -- Dorothy Caruso May 1st 1945 --"

Cerf, Bennett

Try and Stop Me

Simon and Schuster, New York, 1944

Dust Jacket; Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Carlotta, Gene. With My Love. Bennett. Oct. 26, 1944."

Murphy, Gardner; Jensen, Friedrich

Approaches to Personality

Coward - McCann, Inc., 1932

Bookplate of Carlotta/Eugene O'Neill on Front Board

Hart, Liddell

The War in Outline, 1914 - 1918. The History of the World War

Random House, New York, 1936

Inscribed on Front Fly: "To Albert Albertoni -- Here's this book I told you about which I know will interest you -- All Best. Eugene O'Neill. March, '37."; Dust Jacket

The New Yorker War Album

Random House, New York, 1942

Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Mabel -- Here's hoping this will make Christmas a little merrier for you! With Deep Affection, Gene, Christmas 1942."

The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250 - 1918

Oxford - At the Clarendon Press, 1939

Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Janie -- Keep this on your bed table and read a bit each night! Love to you, Carlotta. Christmas 1941."

Partridge, Bellamy

Excuse My Dust (Transition period from horse drawn carriage to automobile.)

Whittlesey House, New York, 1943

Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Myrt -- Here's hoping this story of the Good Old Days will give you that greatest boon in these Bad Young Days -- Amusing recollection. We may have had dust in our eyes then, but now we have dust on our brains. (Of course, my Dear Mrs. Caldwell, I would never insinuate that you could remember the period of this book, and you so young and full of capers! But maybe your Grandfather told you about it.) Merry Christmas! Gene 1943. P.S. And I hope it's a good book."

Phillips, Martha E.

The Perennial Garden

The McDonald Publishing Company, San Francisco, 1934

Inscribed on Front Fly: "Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, March 15th, '38." Pasted label on Front Fly: "Mrs. Eugene O'Neill, Tao House, Danville, Contra Costa Co., Calif."; Has typewritten list of plants included; underlined

Taylor, Richard

The Better Taylors

Random House, New York, 1944

Cartoons. Dust Jacket; Inscribed on Front Fly: "Kay Dear -- This to make you laugh when the days seem dark! -- You remember? Carlotta 1944."; Note signed by Carlotta to "Kay dear' dated 1944 stamp is O. E. Albertoni

Van Der Elst, Baron Joseph

The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages

Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1944

Inscribed on Front Fly: "For Janie -- Happy Birthday! Carlotta, April 3rd, 1945"