New York: Brentano's, 1908. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Slim hardcover in black cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. 83 pp. A very good or somewhat better copy, old ownership signature dated from Harvard University 1910 on front free endpaper. Final two leaves have some light upper corner creasing. No jacket. One act drama set in ancient Greece and based on Greek mythology and Sophocles' play. It was originally published in German in 1903 and became the basis for the one-act opera "Elekra" by Richard Strauss, for which Hofmannsthal wrote the libretto. Near Fine. Item #E23955
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