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1935311621Paris: Eurora Press 1935. First edition number 153 of 250 copies. 36 pp. 8vo. Original tan printed card wrappers. Wrappers evenly toned text block separated from wrappers. First edition number 153 of 250 copies. 36 pp. 8vo. Inscribed. First edition of Beckett's second volume of poetry following Whoroscope 1931. Inscribed on the title page "For William Targ from Sam Beckett with all best wishes". Targ 1907-1999 was editor in chief at World Publishing and then Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ was Beckett's literary agent. An excellent association. Eurora Press unknown books
193522224Paris: Europa Press 1935. First edition of Beckett's second book of poetry. Although not called for this copy is signed by Beckett in a bold contemporary hand on the title-page and is numbered "28" by hand on the colophon page. The numbers on the colophons of the ordinary edition on Alfa paper were ink-stamped suggesting that this may have been a special copy. A very fine copy rare signed preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Small thin 4to original printed buff wrappers. A very fine copy rare signed preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Europa Press unknown books
193527501Paris: Europa Press 1935. First edition. 36 p. 23 cm. Original printed wrappers fine copy. Copy number 46 of 327 copies one of 250 on Alfa paper. Specially signed by Beckett on the title page. Folding case. Davis 35A1. <br/><br/> Europa Press unknown books
19673446London: Faber & Faber 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Offsetting to front endpaper otherwise a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper which is a bit wrinkled and has some light soiling to the rear panel. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
196739764London: Faber and Faber 1967. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.75cm; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 44pp. A fresh Fine copy in a Near FIne dustjacket price-clipped with new price sticker left of the clip with some dustiness and faint foxing to rear panel. "This volume includes the texts of Eh Joe which was produced by BBC Television in July 1966 Act Without Words II and Film Mr. Beckett's first screen-play which was produced in 1962 starring Buster Keaton. FEDERMAN & FLETCHER 45. Faber and Faber unknown books
199525235Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1995. First edition on ordinary paper. Wrappers 166 pp; very good. some marks on cover. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
199522809New York: Foxrock Inc 1995. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in black cloth binding printed in gilt. A play by Beckett that has been translated from the French by Michael Brodsky and with an introduction by Martin Garbus. This copy is one of 250 hand-numbered special copies from a limited edition of Eleutheria that is hors de commerce. This copy has been SIGNED BY BARNEY ROSSET who published many of Beckett's major works in English as well as being signed by at least one other person involved in this production I am unable to make out the signatures - please see attached photos. This copy comes with a supplied trade dustwrapper. It also comes with a one-page explanatory promotional sheet from the publisher. Foxrock, Inc unknown books
1995235127New York: Foxrock 1995. First. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Michael Brodsky. 8vo blue cloth without dust wrapper as published. New York: Foxrock 1995. First American Edition.<br/><br/> One of a special edition limited to reviewers only. Included is an invitation to a publication party and a publisher's blurb explaining the history of this long lost play.<br/><br/> Foxrock unknown books
199528190NY: Foxrock 1995. First printing. 8vo pp. 196. Translated by Michael Brodsky. Fine in little scuffed dj. Foxrock unknown books
1952406012Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1952. A very good plus copy the pages skillfully opened without damage to the margins the spine toned and lightly cockled and with narrow shadow along top edge of front wrapper modest paper somewhat toned as usual. 8vo. 162 4 pages. Original printed wrappers with author's photograph and blurbs on rear wrapper. FIRST TRADE EDITION after the 35 signed copies on large-paper of the original French edition of 'Waiting for Godot'. One of 2500 copies. Beckett's masterpiece and one of the defining works of the 20th century. Overall a very well-preserved copy: these trade editions from Les Éditions de Minuit are delicate in construction and notoriously fragile. Federman & Fletcher 259. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1952160621001Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First trade edition first printing in the original French. Approaching Near Fine with toning to pages spine and lightly to wraps light soiling and light wear to wraps with light wear to base of spine. Beckett's masterpiece was first composed and published in French and performed in 1953 at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris. It would later be translated into English by Beckett himself. Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
197324482Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1973. 134 p. 18 cm. Wrappers. Penciled notes in text. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
19522261Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book uncommon in this condition. Spine slightly toned and rolled slight nicks at the spine ends. Penciled owner signatures on two leaves otherwise an excellent copy internally. Pages a bit toned as usual.<br/><br/>One of the masterpieces of 20th century theatre - Beckett's hugely influential tragicomedy. Beckett had originally written the play in French between the Fall and Winter of 1948-1949. Beckett would not translate the play into English until its London premier in 1955 In fact this edition of the play - the Minuit edition - was released in 1952 before the play's first performance the next year. Beckett was thought to have been inspired to write the work after viewing Caspar David Friedrich's painting "Mann und Frau den Mond betrachtend" Man and Woman observing the Moon.<br/><br/>Upon its French premier the play was met with positive reviews and though it was first received somewhat coldly in London it would soon become a popular and critical success there and worldwide. Some critics like Norman Berlin credit the play's wide appeal to its "stripped down" nature - its simplicity encourages a myriad of readings and interpretations that otherwise could not exist. Beckett would later win the Nobel Prize for Literature and "Waiting for Godot" appears on Le Monde's list of the "100 Books of the Century." <br/><br/>"It arrives at the custom house as it were with no luggage no passport and nothing to declare: yet it gets through as might a pilgrim from Mars. It does this I believe by appealing to a definition of drama much more fundamental than any in the books. A play it asserts and proves is basically a means of spending two hours in the dark without being bored." Contemporary Observer review from the famed drama critic Kenneth Tynan. Near Fine. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
559Paris: Les Editions De Minuit. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY BECKETT on the title page; one of the most influential works of modern drama. "Voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century in a British Royal National Theatre poll of 800 playwrights actors directors and journalists. Beckett's naked play about two tramps waiting for Godot has tapped into our 20th-century public consciousness. It seems to express our deepest fears and our deepest knowledge of ourselves and our predicament" Norman Berlin. Notably the first edition of the text provided the public with their first experience of the complete play-Les Editions de Minuit published it three months before the play's debut in French in January 1953. "The first production of Beckett's own English translation directed by Peter Hall was staged at the Arts Theatre Club in London in August 1955. Kenneth Tynan's and Harold Hobson's reviews made it into an intellectual hit which has since been regarded as having transformed the British stage" DNB. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. Octavo original wrappers; custom half-leather box. Text in French. Some browning and rubbing to spine. Extremely rare signed. Les Editions De Minuit paperback books
1952109378Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. First edition one of 2500 copies printed of the author's masterpiece. Octavo original wrappers printed in blue and black. In excellent condition with light rubbing to the extremities. One of the most influential plays of the post-war period" and a central document of the Absurdist school Waiting for Godot earned Beckett worldwide acclaim Drabble 1038. "Beckett's work invented an entirely new theatrical language palpable and comprehensible images of the absurd and unforgettable metaphors of the human condition" Hollier 1010. "One of the true masterpieces of the century" Clive Barnes The New York Times. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
1952SB009Paris: les èditions de Minuit 1952 First edition first printing. Original publisher's white paper wrappers lettered in blue and black. Near fine or better with some faint creasing to the spine a hint of faint soiling to the otherwise fresh wrappers very minor toning to the otherwise clean pages. Overall a very bright and handsome copy. En attendant Godot is an absurdist play about two main characters Vladimir and Estragon who converse in witty and amusing banter while they wait for Godot who ultimately never arrives. Beckett an Irish author and native English speaker moved to France and subsequently transitioned from writing in English to French including this play. In 1954 Beckett translated this text from its original French into English and it was published in London by Faber and Faber in 1956 under the English title Waiting for Godot. The play originally premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de Babylone in January 1953 and this true first edition uses the text from that production; the subsequent English edition contains the text used by the Criterion Theater for its production of the play after the London premier in August 1955 at the Arts Theater including the "small number of textual deletions" that were made as per Lord Chamberlain's requirements in accordance with the strict UK theater censorship of the 1950's. Many subsequent productions have since altered Beckett's original text leading to a bit of a discrepancy as to which version is the definitive text but this French text is irrefutably the original. Regardless Waiting for Godot is a theatrical masterpiece- "its form is unusual: its contents weird its chief themes are madness boredom suffering cruelty: yet the effect of its inspired cross-talk is hilarious.". 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Paris: les èditions de Minuit paperback books
1962427London: New Arts Theater Club 1962. Wrappers. Near fine. Program for the London first run of this 1 man play featuring Jack McGowran. 8vo. 8 pages. Pink stapled wrappers near fine. The cover is inscribed in ink to the Director of Publicity at New Directions one of Beckett's publishers "For Edwin Erbe cordially Samuel Beckett Nov. 1962." The play would go through several revisions into the 1970s with McGowran earning the 1970-71 Obie for Best Performance by an Actor for his off-Broadway performances in the show. Rare signed. New Arts Theater Club unknown books
1958SB013London: Faber & Faber 1958 First Faber paperback edition first printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by Beckett on the title page to Goucher professor and director of the fall 1965 production of Endgame: "For/ George B. Dowell/ with all good wishes from/ Samuel Beckett/ Paris March 1965." Original publisher's orange paper wraps lettered in black and white. A very good copy with some light wear and rubbing to the extremities first leaf starting else near fine. Scarce signed by Beckett. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. London: Faber & Faber paperback books
1958UBECEND00HMRGrove 1958. Good. Beckett Samuel. Endgame. New York: Grove 1958. 91pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with rubbed and bumped edges. Former owner's name penned on first page. Grove paperback books
19581001165London: Faber and Faber 1958. First English edition of Beckett's great absurdist play translated from the French by the author: "No one that ever lived ever thought so crooked as we." Preceded by the 1957 first edition Fin de partie and the first American edition earlier in 1958 this first English edition also includes the short sketch "Act Without Words." A fine copy. Single volume measuring 8 x 4.25 inches: 60. Original orange cloth lettered in pale blue original clipped photographic dust jacket. Faber and Faber unknown books
1958001254Grove Press 1958 1958. Soft cover. Second Printing. Paperback in near fine condition except with minor wear and tear along spine. Grove Press, 1958 unknown books
1957140941160Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1957. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of one of the Nobel laureate's most enduring works Endgame with text in the original French. Signed and inscribed by Samuel Beckett in the year of publication "Pour Georges en hommage et reconnaissance Sam Beckett Paris fevrier 1957." Near Fine with light lean to spine and toning to wraps and contents. A fantastic copy housed in a custom cloth case. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
UBECEND00fpGrove Weidenfeld 1958. Good. Beckett Samuel. Endgame: A Play In One Act. New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1958. 91pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good. Edges lightly rubbed and large college bookstore sticker on back cover. Grove Weidenfeld paperback books
197724489London: Faber & Faber 1977. First English edition. Boards fine price-clipped dust jacket. 104 p. 21 cm. Ends. Not I. That time. Footfalls. Ghost trio. But the clouds -- Odds. Theatre I. Theatre II. Radio I. Radio II. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books
197739768London: Faber and Faber 1977. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo; blue paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 1213-104pp. Faint wrinkle at crown else Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped with some light wear to extremities and faint sticker residue left of the clip; Near Fine. "Two of the short plays collected in this volume That Time and Footfalls receive their first performance during the season of Samuel Beckett's plays mounted at the Royal Court Theatre in 1976 to mark the author's seventieth birthday and one of the sketches for radio was transmitted on Radio 3 on the day itself" from front flap. Faber and Faber unknown books
