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192825779Paris: Shakespeare and Company / Sylvia Beach 1928. First edition. Paperback. Good. Printed wrappers. Small paperbound octavo. 195 pp. With "Made In Great Britain" rubberstamped on the title page. Includes extracts from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. Contributions by Samuel Beckett his first book appearance as well as Robert Sage William Carlos Williams Stuart Gilbert and others. A fragile book printed on this paper this copy suffers from notable chipping along the right hand-side of the front cover paper loss at top inch or so of spine and smaller chips to first blank endpaper and rear cover. Good overall condition of an uncommon Joyce and Beckett title. Book needs to be handled with care. Shakespeare and Company / Sylvia Beach paperback books
1982007259Faber and Faber 1982. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in soft cover.Signed by Beckett on the Title-Page.Gorgeous Copy. Faber and Faber Hardcover books
1961D11049Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original wraps in glassine dust jacket. Number 13 of 100 copies on Alfa Mouse Navarre paper reserved "au Club de L'Edition." Inscribed by Beckett on the title-p. and dated 1981. Spine lightly creased; faint tape stains half-title page and tissue-guard and recto and verso of p. 177 final page of text preceding colophon. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
1980D11054Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Near Fine. Wraps in glassine dust jacket. Number 62 from a limited edition of 99 copies. Inscribed by Beckett on the title-page. Book is fine in NF dust jacket with some very light chipping along the edges. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
19701908311Les Editions De Minuit 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. First edition. Special paper issued in advance of the trade printing. 8 vo. Original white wrappers all edges uncut. One of 99 numbered copies this being #45 in French. Signed and inscribed by Beckett on the half-title page. Les Editions De Minuit unknown books
1976CNJL505Hamburg: Raamin-Presse 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quadflieg Roswtha. No. 91 of 170 copies quarto size 37 pp. signed by Roswtha Quadflieg. Roswtha Quadfleig b. 1949 founded the Raamin-press in 1973 publishing works of literature printed with original graphics in limited editions; she was both the designer of this volume and the artist for the eleven woodcut illustrations. <br/><br/>This story by Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 "The Expelled" deals with rejection following the narrator as he tries to find a new place for himself while presenting his bitterness and anger towards many things in the world; Beckettt was renowned for his writing which often had a bleak tragicomic outlook on human existence; he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Brown laid paper boards with a blind-embossed decoration and the author's name on the front blind-embossed lettering on the spine ivory endpapers sepia woodcuts scattered throughout the text 170 numbered and signed copies per the colophon page this no. 91 signed by Roswtha Quadflieg illustrator and book designer text in German; quarto in size approximately 11.5" tall pagination: 1-35 blank 36 colophon 37. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - it is clean crisp as new. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Raamin-Presse hardcover books
200665447One of 300 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist ARION PRESS. WILEY William T.artist. Godot. An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett San Francisco: The Arion Press 2006. Limited to 300 numbered copies this being number 168. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Folio 15 x 10 inches; 381 x 255 mm. 68 pp. With fifty color illustrations by Wiley in black blue and yellow and two black and while illustrations including a frontispiece portrait and a tailpiece. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over printed pictorial yellow paper boards. Yellow paper spine label lettered in black. Housed in a cloth and paper pictorial slipcase. Mint. With prospectus laid in. "This book is published in 2006 in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett. It is not the play Waiting for Godot. It is a book about the play: a critic's appreciation a synopsis of the drama and artist's comments and fifty color prints inspired by the play. There are two other prints in black only: a frontispiece portrait of the playwright and an explosive tailpiece." From the Prospectus. HBS 65447. $850 The Arion Press hardcover books
200618052111San Francisco / New York: The Arion Press / Grove Press 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wiley William T. Artist book: Number 68 of 300 elephant folio size 67 pp. signed by William T. Wiley with prospectus and invitation to the publication party. Trade book: octavo size 365 pp. Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 is considered one of the last modernist writers and a key figure in what is known as the "Theatre of the Absurd." Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1969 most of us are aware of Beckett and "Godot"; however as the prospectus states "his works still cry out for explanations - explanations that Beckett himself adamantly refused to give". For anyone who has been grappling with this explanation this wonderful artist's book will shed new light: it is not the play it is ABOUT the play. Andrew Hoyem designed the artist's book to illuminate the play itself which is why it was published with the trade bi-lingual edition which we also offer here.<br/><br/>This artist's book was published in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Beckett the Irish avant-garde novelist playwright poet and translator. American artist William T. Wiley uses wordplay and visual puns to carry the reader deeper still into irreverence with fifty colour plates each with five lines of text beneath which offer a synopsis of the play or with stage directions. The artist book should be read with the play itself; it is a book written out of love and admiration by a loyal aficionado of Beckett's plays.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Artist book bound with blue cloth backstrip yellow paper spine label with black lettering yellow paper sides imprinted with images by Wiley fifty prints made from photopolymer plates three for each: the black line and the blue and yellow tints two prints in black only frontispiece and tailpiece; Century Expanded type partially handset Hahnemühle linen paper elephant folio size 15.5" by 10 3/8" 1-4 5-65 66 1 colophon pp. limited edition this number 68 of 300 copies signed by William T. Wiley. The slipcase is designed to match the book with the same blue cloth on the edges the same spine label the two sides covered in the same yellow paper; however the lettering is a wordplay on the palindrome "To Dog Godot" which is surrounded by a field of potatoes. Loosely laid in are the prospectus for the book a single sheet folded once for printing folded in half for mailing information about the book on the front and back pages sample pages with illustrations on the two inner pages measuring just under 15" by just under 10"; and a small card invitation to the publication party to be held on December 18 2006. Accompanying the artist book is a trade publication by the Grove Press of "Waiting for Godot" presented in both French and English bound in glossy paper over boards black along the shelfback and grey on both boards black white and blue lettering a notice tipped onto the front pastedown that this copy accompanies the Arion Press artist book black endpapers octavo size 9.25" by 6.25" pagination: i-iv v-viii 1-3 4-357.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Artist book fine overall internally bright and free of prior owner markings text block is tight and square with solid hinges covers are clean corners are straight and unrubbed; a minute abrasion to the paper of the back board where it meets the cloth overall a fine copy. Slipcase also fine overall strong and sturdy the cloth neither sunned nor rubbed the paper label and sides clean and unrubbed; a single shallow mark to one side else fine. Prospectus fine with only original fold publication party invitation fine. The trade edition of the play near fine clean the binding strong with solid hinges free of prior owner markings; a short very shallow mark to the front else fine. The ensemble presents a lovely homage to Beckett and the "most significant English language play of the 20th century" from Wiki per a poll conducted in Britain in 1990.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Arion Press Catalogue no. 77<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that due to size additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press / Grove Press hardcover books
1845134225London UK: Published at the Punch Office 1845. full leather five raised bands gilt letter on spine. Guild of Women-Binders. 8vo. full leather five raised bands gilt letter on spine. 284 pages. Elegant arts and crafts crimson crushed morocco Guild of Women-Binders bookbinding from the turn of the twentieth century. Single panel in blind to the boards and plain leather turn-ins in place of dentelles with 'Guild of Women Binders' in gilt at the tail of the front pastedown and all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with some offsetting from the crimson turn-ins. The letter-press title page is preceded by Cruikshank's engraved title page text engraved throughout and very clean. An excellent copy most attractively bound under the aegis of Frank Karslake who founded the Guild. Published at the Punch Office unknown books
1960WRCLIT71550Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1960. Octavo. Printed wrappers. Errata slip. A fine copy in glassine with modest tanning along the spine edge. First edition in French in book form translated by Pierre Leyris and the author. Copy #37 of forty numbered copies from a total issue of 47 copies printed on pur fil du Marais. The sole fine paper issue of this edition of the play first published in English in EVERGREEN REVIEW Summer 1958 and in French in LETTRES NOUVELLES March 1959. Rare in this issue. F&F 147.1. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
19562005012London: Faber and Faber Ltd 1956. first. hardcover. very good plus/very good. First UK edition First published in England in mcmlvi stated on copyright page. Comes with original playbill from first UK production attached to rear pastedown. Book very good plus writing on front free end paper and top of half-title page. Dust jacket very good. Faber and Faber Ltd unknown books
1988227276New York: Gotham Book Mart 1988. First. hardcover. fine. Gorey. A Selection.Adapted by Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 32p. pictorial black boards. New York: Gotham Book Mart 1988. Limited First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Number 15 of 300 numbered copies signed by Beckett & Gorey<br/><br/> Gotham Book Mart unknown books
1988407692New York: Gotham Book Mart 1988. A fine copy without marks or wear. 8vo. 32 1 pages. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Original decorated paper over boards gilt-lettered on spines. One of 326 copies signed on the colophon by Samuel Beckett this copy out-of-series and reserved for the printer Ronald Gordon of The Oliphant Press. The edition consisted of 300 numbered and signed copies and 26 lettered and signed copies reserved for Beckett and the Gotham Book Mart. <br/><br/> Gotham Book Mart hardcover books
196120580Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1961. First edition originally published in French in this form and subsequently translated by the author into English and published by Grove Press in 1964. Copy number C 6 of 110 numbered copies printed on Alfa Mousse Navarre paper reserved "au Club de L'Edition" and signed by Beckett. On the Club copies the back wrapper is blank except for the words "Edition Originale" which appear in the lower right-hand corner. Federman & Fletcher 259. Fine copy. Small 8vo original printed wrappers glassine outer wrapper. Fine copy. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
1976D11055Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wraps in glassine dust jacket. Number 45 from a limited edition of 100 copies. Inscribed by Beckett on the title-p. "pour Andre." and dated 1986. Corners lightly rubbed otherwise book is fine in NF dust jacket lightly rubbed and with a few tiny chips along the edges. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
195430135New York: Grove Press 1954. First American edition. Black cloth a fine copy in dust jacket price-clipped and slightly darkened. First edition of Beckett's own translation into English. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
1971WRCLIT71535London: Turret Books 1971. Large octavo. Cloth. Photographs and facsimiles. Fine in limp plastic wrapper as issued. First edition limited issue. Foreword by A.J. Leventhal. One of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the Beckett. Turret Books hardcover books
1972WRCLIT76927London: Calder & Boyars 1972. Half cream calf and gilt lettered cloth a.e.g. Some tanning to calf bookseller's prolix pencil annotations to front free endsheet erased otherwise about fine in slipcase a few small spots to one panel. First edition limited issue of this translation by the author of LE DEPEUPLEUR. Copy #43 of one hundred numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author denoted as "printed in advance of the first edition." Calder & Boyars hardcover books
939Paris: Les Editions De Minuit. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. First French edition SIGNED BY BECKETT on title page; one of only 112 copies printed on "bouffant select marques" and reserved for the publishers. A collection of six short plays translated from English by Beckett. Includes: Comédie Va et vient Cascando Paroles et musique Dis Joe Acte sans paroles II. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1966. Octavo original printed wrappers; glassine. Unopened. A FINE COPY. Les Editions De Minuit paperback books
1981D11056Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Very Good. Wraps in glassine dust jacket. Number 55 from a limited edition of 99 copies. Inscribed by Beckett on the half-title page. Covers just a little rubbed along the edges otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled and chipped along the edges. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books
1980311751London: John Calder 1980. First trade edition. 89 pp. 8vo. Original cloth dust jacket. Bump to top edge some minor toning to white portion of jacket near fine. First trade edition. 89 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to his agent. Inscribed "for Rosalyn sic Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett". Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. John Calder unknown books
1982WRCLIT76931Northridge: Lord John Press 1982. Quarter publisher's calf and marbled boards. Spine very slightly sunned otherwise fine. First limited printing. One of 299 numbered copies of 325 printed at the Bird & Bull Press and signed by the author on the half- title. Lord John Press hardcover books
1965240801London: Calder & Boyars 1965. First. hardcover. fine. 14pp. small 8vo gray cloth; cloth slipcase. London: Calder & Boyars 1965. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> No. 17 of 100 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author and printed hors commerce in advance of the first edition.<br/><br/> Calder & Boyars unknown books
1970WRCLIT76928London: Calder & Boyars 1970. Half cream calf and gilt lettered cloth a.e.g. Calf a trace darkened with minuscule nick at crown otherwise about fine with the slipcase which is a very tight fit for the book. First edition limited issue of Beckett's own translation of SANS 1969. Copy #52 of one hundred numbered copies hors commerce specially bound and signed by the author denoted as being in advance of the first edition. The trade edition appeared as SIGNATURE 9. Calder & Boyars hardcover books
195732440New York: Grove Press 1957. First American Edition. Near fine in original quarter-cloth. Without dust jacket as issued. Octavo. 5.625 x 8.25 in. vi 282 pp. Specially bound limited edition numbered 14 of 100 copies and signed by Samuel Beckett on colophon page. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books
