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1955285411Paris: Olympia 1955. paperback. very good. 16mo plain card wrappers with printed color dust wrapper; very light edge-wear Paris: Olympia Press n.d. 1955.<br/><br/> Collection Merlin.<br/><br/> Olympia unknown books
1955WRCLIT65236Paris: Collection Merlin / The Olympia Press 1955. Contemporary three quarter calf and textured boards original wrappers bound in. Spine faded and rubbed a bit of flecking to boards a few small rubs to wrappers lower edge of two leaves in last gathering trimmed unevenly in production as often - see Kearney else a good copy. First edition of this collaborative translation into English of the French text by Patrick Bowles and the author. The Grove Press edition was produced photo-offset from this edition. F&F 374. KEARNEY & CARROLL 2.5.1. Collection Merlin / The Olympia Press hardcover books
19571342075New York: Grove Press 1957. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 282 pages; VG/VG; spine white with black titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut '$3.50'. minor wear primarily to corners minor rubbing primarily to rear cover; with hand-stamped Grove Press copyright information to copyright page as called for; shelved case 2. 1342075. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Grove Press hardcover books
1983D11051Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Wraps in glassine dust jacket. One of "quelques exemplaires hors-commerce" copies. Book is fine in fine dust jacket with just a little wrinkling along the edges. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
192924311London: Faber and Faber Limited 1929. First U.K. Edition. 12mo; 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in blue-green pictorial dust jacket; 6194pp. Jacket spine toned to tan some faint spotting and light edge wear brief tape repair to spine verso else a Very Good and sound copy overall. Collection of essays on James Joyce originally published by Shakespeare & Co. the title having been taken from Finnegans Wake. See WALLACE B11 which only notes the 1936 Faber edition which included a new introduction by Sylvia Beach. Faber and Faber Limited unknown books
198024490Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1980. First edition. 87 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers. Translated from the English by the author. Number 96 of 106 copies. Very fine. <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
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
1955WRCLIT71545Paris: Collection Merlin / The Olympia Press 1955. Pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers. A bit of use at foretips and crown and toe of spine of wrapper otherwise near fine. First edition of this collaborative translation into English of the French text by Patrick Bowles and the author. The Grove Press edition was produced photo-offset from this edition. F&F 374. KEARNEY 1987 8. KEARNEY & CARROLL 2.5.1. Collection Merlin / The Olympia Press unknown books
1929285505London: Faber & Faber 1929. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. By Samuel Beckett et al. With Letters of Protest by G.V.L. Slingsby & Vladimir Dixon. Small 8vo original blue cloth d.w. London: Faber & Faber n.d. 1929.<br/><br/> First hard cover edition printed in France. Except for a light stain at the foot of the title page a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper lightly browned on the spine. Beckett's first appearance in print at age 23. Other contributors include James Joyce Robert McAlmon William Carlos Williams.<br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
192922623London: Faber And Faber 1929. First English language edition. Hardcover. Orig. azure blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper with slightly faded spine. 191 2 pages. 19 x 14.5 cm. Published from the original French sheets. Critical essays on Joyce's "Finnegans Wake. Beckett in Joyce's company at the time and his essay the first of the essays here published by virtue of the alphabet is his first publication notes "It takes few intellectual prisoners: " . . . if you don't understand it Ladies and Gentlemen it is because you are too decadent to receive it." Clean copy pencil notations front free endpaper. Faber And Faber hardcover books
1883516851883. Duffy Sir. Frank Gavan; Thomas Turner A Beckett. Introduction and Notes to the Transfer of Land Statute by Thomas A'Beckett. Second Edition with Amending Acts and Additional Notes and Forms by Frank Gavan Duffy. Melbourne: Charles F. Maxwell 1883. xiii 1 l. 311 pp. Ex-library. Mild wear to cover corners bumped hinges cracked. Some pencilled underlining and notes. Mild foxing. A good copy. $350. No copies found in OCLC. unknown books
1835127369London England: Chatto and Windus 1835. half leather marbled paper-covered boards marbled endpapers. 12mo. half leather marbled paper-covered boards marbled endpapers. viii 160; ii 161-388; viii 184; ii 185-428 pages. 4 Volumes. First volume with prefatory remarks. Illustrations by George Cruikshank Cohn 184 and other illustrators. In a signed binding by W. Roach from NY. An assortment of humorous matter. Each volume with frontispiece a foldout in the third volume. Black and white plates and illustrations in text throughout. According to Cohn this is a complete run. Covers rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1846015195Published at The Punch Office 1846. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Beautiful Fine Copy In Light Full Brown Leather Six Compartments With Gilt.First Edition1846 Parts 1-IV Gorgeous Copy. Published at The Punch Office Hardcover books
195618807New York: Grove Press 1956. First Edition. Hardcover issue limited to 500 numbered copies this being #438. Octavo; cream-colored canvas with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; 120pp. Small bookplate to center of front pastedown else a Fine copy lacking the original glassine dustjacket. The second novel in Beckett's trilogy originally published in French as Malone Meurt in 1951. FEDERMAN & FLETCHER 375.01. Grove Press unknown books
1951WRCLIT47073Paris: Bordas i.e. Les Éditions de Minuit 1951. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Very slight toning at edges of textblock and wrappers short closed tear in lower edge of rear wrapper faint rubbing to spine folds but a very good copy. First edition in French in the second issue wrappers. Translated from the English by Beckett and Alfred Péron in the years prior to the outbreak of WWII and Péron's death in a concentration camp. Originally published as title 5 in the Collection Les Imaginaires. The total first printing consisted of three thousand copies but after the passing of four years and the sale of fewer than three hundred copies the unsold stock passed to Les Éditions de Minuit and was reissued in these new wrappers bearing their imprint and ads. F&F 145.01. Bordas, [i.e. Les Éditions de Minuit] unknown books
1983311857New York 1983. Poster printed in two colors by Jim Warren. 22 x 14 inches. Folding crease at center dampstaining to top and bottom margin affecting inscription. Poster printed in two colors by Jim Warren. 22 x 14 inches. Inscribed by Beckett. Inscribed "to Bill Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett". William Targ 1907-1999 was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. unknown books
19763119771976. 1 pp. Oblong 4to. Fine old folds. 1 pp. Oblong 4to. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on upper right "for William Targ from Samuel Beckett." William 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 1925-2017 was Beckett's American literary agent. unknown books
1951WRCLIT71765Paris: Bordas i.e. Les Éditions de Minuit 1951. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Usual tanning of textblock and edges of wrappers otherwise about fine. First edition in French in the second issue wrappers. Translated from the English by Beckett and Alfred Péron in the years prior to the outbreak of WWII and Péron's death in a concentration camp. Originally published as title 5 in the Collection Les Imaginaires. The total first printing consisted of three thousand copies but after the passing of four years and the sale of fewer than three hundred copies the unsold stock passed to Les Éditions de Minuit and was reissued in these new wrappers bearing their imprint and ads. F&F 145.01. Bordas, [i.e. Les Éditions de Minuit] unknown books
1986311812Dublin: Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber 1986. First trade edition. Photography by David H. Davison. Illustrations by Robert Ballagh. Oblong 4to. Original cloth dust jacket. Minor shelfwear near fine. First trade edition. Photography by David H. Davison. Illustrations by Robert Ballagh. Oblong 4to. With inscription from Beckett. With a slip mounted to f.f.e.p. inscribed "For Bill Targ from Sam March 1987". William Targ 1907-1999 was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber unknown books
187135802London: John Camden Hotten 1871. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: John Camden Hotten 1871. 2 vols. Fold-out frontispiece and many illustrations including several fold-outs. Hardcover. 8vo. Professionally rebacked original gilt-stamped cloth boards. New end leaves. Volume I First Series 1835 - 1843. 388 pp. 32 pp. adverts dated 1871. Frontispiece and many illustrations. Volume II Second Series 1844 - 1853. 428 pp. 32 pp. adverts dated 1871. Corners bumped light rubbing to heel edge; light foxing to frontis title and half-title in volume II. Penultimate leaf of ads in volume two has a 1" tear. Overall quite good. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. John Camden Hotten hardcover books
1961WRCLIT71568Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1961. Printed wrappers. Fine unopened in slightly tanned and smudged glassine. First edition limited issue. Copy #24 of 80 numbered copies and 7 h.c. on Alfa Mousse Navarre in addition to 110 copies reserved for La Librairie des Éditions Minuit. F&F 268. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1980311801Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1980. First trade edition. 87 5 pp. 8vo. Original white printed wrappers. A few marks to covers faint shelfwear. First trade edition. 87 5 pp. 8vo. Inscribed on the title page to Bill and Roslyn Targ. William Targ 1907-1999 was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1967311802Paris: Les éditions de minuit 1967. First edition number 45 of 90 copies on velin cuve B.F.K. rives. 30 2 pp. 12mo. Original French wrappers glassine; unopened. Near fine. First edition number 45 of 90 copies on velin cuve B.F.K. rives. 30 2 pp. 12mo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page "for William & Roslyn Targ with all fond wishes Sam. Beckett". William Targ 1907-1999 was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. Les éditions de minuit unknown books
1973311824Paris 1973. Number 13 of 50 copies. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers glassine. Very good. Number 13 of 50 copies. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed by Beckett at his contribution "for Bill Targ from Sam". William Targ 1907-1999 was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. unknown books