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1967WRCLIT70999London: Calder & Boyars 1967. Gilt cream calf a.e.g. Tiny mark on lower joint otherwise about fine in smudged and slightly torn limp paper sleeve. First edition in English deluxe issue. One of one hundred numbered copies designated as series A specially printed and bound and signed by the author from a total deluxe issue of two hundred copies. F&F 386.1. Calder & Boyars unknown books
1972WRCLIT76926London: Calder & Boyars 1972. Half cream calf and gilt lettered cloth a.e.g. Some tanning to calf tiny smudge at lower edge of upper board about fine in slipcase. First edition limited issue of this translation by the author of LE DEPEUPLEUR. Copy #82 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
1961WRCLIT70549London: John Calder 1961. Gilt faux-leather textured cloth t.e.g. others untrimmed. Fine without printed dust jacket as issued. First collective edition limited issue. One of one hundred numbered copies specially printed on untrimmed handmade paper differently bound and signed by the author. F&F 40.01. John Calder hardcover books
19821611030Lord John Press 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 299 signed limited copies signed by Samuel Beckett but this one is unnumbered. Fine condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Lord John Press hardcover books
1956010573Faber and Faber Limited 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Published in London by Faber and Faber Limited in 1956. First UK Edition. Publisher's note tipped in following copyright page. Book near fine except for slight staining on front cover puckering of front and back paste-downs and slight discoloration of front back free endpapers. DJ very good except for darkening and minor wear along top edge flap hinges and spine minor chipping at ends of hinges and rubbing on hinges. Book comes in specially made cloth slip cover. DJ price reads "9s 6d net." Book comes in specially-made cloth slipcase. Faber and Faber Limited hardcover books
185194242London: Bradbury Agnew and Co. Ld 1851. leather edges gilt five raised bands gilt lettering on spine. Guild of Women-Binders. 8vo. leather edges gilt five raised bands gilt lettering on spine. iv xii 308 pages. First edition Tooley 298. Not in Field. Illustrated by John Leech with 10 full-colored etchings and 98 woodcut vignettes. John Leech was a staff artist for "Punch" from its early issues in 1841. Gilbert Abbott à Beckett was one of the original staff members for "Punch." One of the Victorian era's best-known comedies. This particular copy is bound in full Chocolate Crushed Morocco both covers blind ruled with five raised bands. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title in gilt lettering on the spine between the first and second band from the top. Guild of Women-Binders ticket in gilt on the lower leather turnin on the front pastedown. Two faint scratches on the front cover. Spine lightly sunned. Leather offsetting onto free endpapers. Moderate foxing on preliminary pages with a majority of the text and colored plates being uneffected. Title page has small chip in top right corner. The binding while austere but as one would expect from the Guild of Women-Binders it is well executed. Bradbury, Agnew and Co. Ld unknown books
1964WRCLIT71560London: John Calder 1964. Large octavo. Publisher's tan morocco lettered in gilt t.e.g. others untrimmed. Minute fleck of darkening on spine otherwise fine in a very good publisher's slipcase with small label ghost on one panel. First edition limited issue of Beckett's translation of COMMENT C'EST. Copy #51 of one hundred numbered copies in series 'B' hors commerce specially bound from a total of two hundred copies specially printed on handmade paper and signed by the author. F&F 384.1. John Calder unknown books
1965311731London: Calder and Boyars 1965. Number 11 of 100 copies signed by the author. 14pp. 8vo. Grey cloth in slipcase. Fine some foxing on colophon page. Number 11 of 100 copies signed by the author. 14pp. 8vo. ONE OF 100 SIGNED COPIES ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED. Additionally inscribed on title-page "For/ Bill & Roslyn/ their friend/ 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. Federman & Fletcher 385 Calder and Boyars unknown books
19560104654Faber and Faber 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published in London by Faber and Faber Limited in 1956. "First published in England in mcmlvi" stated on copyright page indicating First UK Edition. Publisher's note tipped in following copyright page. Book very good some foxing and usual browning on free endpapers. DJ very good. Book comes in specially made cloth slip cover. DJ price reads "9s 6d net. Faber and Faber hardcover books
198212432Northridge CA: Lord John Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 1982 1st thus #154 OF 299 COPIES SIGNED BY SAMUEL BECKETT at the half-title. A pristine copy to boot. Tight and Fine in its lovely marbled boards with bright gilt-rule and lettering at the panels and spine respectively. Also includes a Fine example of the publisher's mylar dustjacket. Octavo handsomely designed and printed by Henry Morris for the Lord John Press of Northridge CA. <br/><br/> Lord John Press hardcover books
19821804108Lord John Press 1982. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine presentation copy one of only 299 specially bound numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies. Signed by the author on half-title. Housed in custom-made case. Lord John Press hardcover books
1964406014London: John Calder 1964. A superb unopened copy. 8vo. 160 pages. Original vellum gilt-lettered and -ruled on spine top edges gilt others untrimmed entirely uncut and unopened; publisher's plain ivory paper-covered board slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE number 78 of 100 copies on hand-made paper "series A" bound in vellum another series of 100 copies was issued in tan morocco. Translated from the French by Beckett. first published in French as 'Comment c'est' in 1961 by Les Editions de Minuit. Federman & Fletcher 384.2. A wonderful copy. <br/><br/> John Calder hardcover books
1970WRCLIT76930London: Calder & Boyars 1970. Half cream calf and gilt lettered cloth a.e.g. Spine tanned with tiny rubs otherwise very good or better. First edition in this format reprinting the contents of Beckett's rare first collection of short fiction first published in 1934. This is copy #23 of one hundred copies hors commerce specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Calder & Boyars hardcover books
19586051541958. "Samuel Beckett" in dark blue ink November 28 1958 Paris. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4"; 1 page recto only. Fine. To David Solomon; Assistant editor at Esquire Magazine. Together with carbon copies of three letters from Solomon to Beckett and a Typed Letter Signed December 12 1958 from Judith Schmidt at The Grove Press. Solomon wrote to Beckett soliciting a contribution for the Anniversary issue of Esquire Beckett said he had no new material and that he had written nothing since "Krapp's Last Tape". He recommends that they consult Grove Press and his work "Textes Pour Rien". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Fine. unknown books
198215101JNorthridge: Lord John Press 1982. First Edition Thus. Of an edition of 325 copies signed by the author Samuel Beckett this is a special copy with “This is a Presentation Copy†printed on the colophon page and is signed by Samuel Beckett. This copy was presented to author John D. MacDonald and has a Typed Letter Signed from Lord John Press publisher Herb Yellin sending MacDonald the book. Finely printed on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper at the Bird & Bull Press in gilt-stamped leather and printed blue boards. A very handsome production. Fine without dust jacket as issued. Lord John Press hardcover books
197258265London: Calder & Boyars 1972. First English edition 1/100 signed by the author. 8vo pp. 63. Fine in publisher's slipcase. Inscribed to poet William Jay Smith on the half title: "For Bill to celebrate our first meeting since 1949 from Arthur with affection" This was most likely from American playwrite Arthur Miller. Beckett won the Nobel in 1969. Miller of course was the author of "Death of a Salesman" and other notable plays. Calder & Boyars unknown books
1929WRCLIT82937Paris: Shakespeare & Company 1929. Printed wrappers. Very slight typical edge tanning otherwise a very nice copy in an early glassine wrapper which is a bit wrinkled and soiled. First edition regular paper issue. This copy bears an inscription from Sylvia Beach the publisher beneath the ownership signature of Joyce scholar Patricia Hutchins probably executed in the late '40s or early '50s. Includes contributions by Beckett his first appearance in a book Williams Jolas Gilbert McAlmon McGreevy Paul Rodker Budgeon Dixon et al. A passage from WIP which did not make it into the final text of FINNEGANS WAKE is included. SLOCUM & CAHOON B10. WALLACE B11. F&F 1. Shakespeare & Company 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
1970311756London: Calder & Boyars 1970. Number 90 of 100 copies specially bound and signed by the author. 204 pp. 8vo. Original vellum backed cloth-covered boards cloth slipcase. Spine a touch browned but fine. Number 90 of 100 copies specially bound and signed by the author. 204 pp. 8vo. One of 100 signed additionally inscribed. One of 100 copies signed by Beckett additionally inscribed "for Bill & Roslyn with all good wishes from Sam". William Targ 1907-1999 was 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. <br/>Beckett's first collection of short prose which originally appeared in 1934 here reissued in a special edition. Calder & Boyars unknown books
1956311623New York: Grove Press 1956. First American edition number 431 of 500 hardcover copies. 6 120 pp. Translated from the French by the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Some pen underlining to pp 12-16 otherwise near fine. First American edition number 431 of 500 hardcover copies. 6 120 pp. Translated from the French by the author. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page "for William & Roslyn Targ very cordially Sam Beckett". Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. Her husband 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. Grove Press unknown books
2002WRCLIT69504London: Calder Publications 2002. Quarto. Half green morocco and marbled boards raised bands compartments gilt extra t.e.g. Fine in matching slipcase. First edition limited issue. One of one hundred numbered copies 90 for sale specially bound illustrated with an original lithographed portrait frontis of Beckett by Louis Le Brocquy and signed by the artist on the colophon. This edition includes previously uncollected poems and translations as well as some material hitherto unpublished. Calder Publications hardcover books
197215088JLondon: Enitharmon Press 1972. First Edition. Copy 121 of 137 copies signed by Samuel Beckett. Printed by The Rampant Lions Press on fine English handmade paper. Beckett’s writing is a previously unused and unpublished section from the short story - The Lost Ones. Each of the three etchings are hand-signed by artist and close personal friend of Beckett's Avigdor Arikha and are entitled: "The Vanquished I" "Hair" and "The Vanquished II†which were printed separately at Studio Prints London. Size 15 3/4 inches tall x 12 1/16 inches wide. Wrappers in paper folder publisher’s original cloth chemise and slipcase. Fine. Avigdor Arikha 1929 – 2010 was a Romanian-born French-Israeli painter draughtsman printmaker and art historian. His knowledge and skill of art techniques were aligned with those of another close friend renowned photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. He is best known for his portraits nudes still lifes and landscapes and he illustrated some of the texts of Beckett with whom he and his wife American poet and writer Anne Atik maintained a close friendship until the writer's death in 1989. Beckett also contributed introductory and other content to books by and about Arikha's art. Enitharmon Press hardcover books
19541798New York: Grove Press 1954. First English language edition. 61 pp. Black cloth boards lettered in blind silver and copper with the dust jacket. Jacket spine a bit browned as usually seen with some very slight edgewear to the top edge and lower spine edge; book is close to fine. An excellent copy far better than usual. The original French language edition was published two years prior; the Faber edition was published two years later. Grove Press unknown books
20158779Dublin: The Salvage Press 2015. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Archival Case. Bright and unmarred. Black cloth drop spine box loose fo sheets. fo. np. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. Signed by the artists. <br/><br/>"No trace anywhere of life you say pah no difficulty there imagination not dead yet yes dead good imagination dead imagine. So begins Beckett’s ‘Imagination Dead Imagine’ a short prose text first published in French in Les Lettres nouvelles in 1965. Its first English publication was in The Sunday Times that same year. <br />"This new edition of loose sheets celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original publishing in 1965. The project is a collaboration between typographic designer Jamie Murphy & visual artist David O’Kane. The work is introduced with an essay by renowned Beckett scholar Stanley E Gontarski. <br />The text has been hand-set & letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy in 18 point Caslon Old Face supported by a newly drawn ten line grotesque typeface by Bobby Tannam cut from maple by Tom Mayo. David O’Kane has supplied two lithographs inspired by the text editioned by Thomas Franke at Stein Werk Lithography studio in Leipzig. The sheets are printed on 250gsm French made Velin Cuve BFK Rives mould-made. The edition is limited to 50 copies 40 of which make up the standard format ten accounting for the de luxe. The bindings were executed by Tom Duffy in Dublin. The standard is housed in a cloth covered portfolio protected inside a slipcase. The deluxe is presented in a clam-shell box accompanied by a typographic triptych based on the text. The standard copies are numbered 11 – 50 the deluxe are numbered 1 – 10. Each copy has been signed by the collaborators. The Salvage Press hardcover books
196826650Paris: Georges Visat 1968. First edition. Arikha Avigdor 1929-2010. Wrappers in publisher's chemise and slipcase. One of 154 copies on Rives total edition. Illustrated with six colored etchings by Avigdor Arikha each signed. Fine. "The colored etchings for L'Issue reveal the subtle and intuitive feeling with which Arikha approaches Beckett's work" Mitchell Beyond Illustration: The Livre d'Artist in the Twentieth Century 53; "The etchings and aquatints in this volume are in Arikha's earlier abstract style. Dark and moody in feeling they are reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism and visually convey the somber outlook of Beckett's literary vision" Johnson Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 160. <br/><br/> Georges Visat unknown books
