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1966371090Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1966. First edition #305 of 450 copies. 29 1 pp. 12mo. Original wrappers glassine. Near fine. First edition #305 of 450 copies. 29 1 pp. 12mo. Inscribed on the title page "for William & Roslyn Targ from Samuel Beckett". Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's literary agent. Her husband 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. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown
1982SB025Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1982 First edition first printing. Presentation copy signed and inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel Gussow / With all good wishes / Sam Beckett / 24.6.83." Publisher's original white wrappers front wrapper and spine lettered in blue and black. About fine with just some light toning to spine and edges. Overall an excellent association copy from Mel Gussow's personal library. In Catastrophe an imperious director and his assistant prepare a man who stands on an 18" black block with his eyes looking down for the last scene of a dramatic performance. After making dehumanizing adjustments to the man's appearance like stripping him down to his pajamas they do a run through of the scene which ends with the director exclaiming "There's our catastrophe! In the bag." They do one more run through but this time the man raises his eyes defiantly to the crowd. Catastrophe often interpreted as a commentary on totalitarianism was dedicated by Beckett to imprisoned Czech playwright Václav Havel. The play was filmed as part of the Beckett on Film project 2002 directed by David Mamet and starring Harold Pinter as the Director. Mel Gussow 1933 - 2005 was an American theater and movie critic who contributed more than 4000 articles and reviews to the New York Times over a span of 35 years. Gussow first met Beckett in 1978 and the two continued to meet and converse informally on life and art about once a year for the next 10 years until Beckett's death in 1989 their final meeting was at Beckett's French nursing home where he later passed away. Gussow drew from these meetings to write his book Conversations with and about Beckett 1996 - one in a series of four "Conversation" books the others featuring conversations with playwrights Arthur Miller Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard. Gussow's Beckett book is particularly illuminating given that the enigmatic playwright famously declined to do interviews for most of his lifetime. Gussow also wrote Beckett's NYT obituary in 1989 titled "Samuel Beckett is Dead at 83; His 'Godot' Changed Theater.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit paperback
198358679Northridge California:: Designed & Printed by Patrick Reagh for The Lord John Press 1983. First edition; No. 39 of 100 copies signed by Samuel Beckett. broadside. Fine. 22 x 14-3/4 inches. Illustration by Joseph Mugnaini. Designed & Printed by Patrick Reagh for The Lord John Press, unknown
1980D19857London: John Calder 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. One of 100 copies of the limited edition SIGNED by Samuel Beckett. This copy unnumbered. Spine a bit rubbed otherwise very nice in slipcase. <br/><br/> John Calder hardcover
1966311798Paris: Les éditions de minuit 1966. #68 of 80 copies printed on pur fil Lafuma. 99 5 pp. 12mo. Original French wrappers glassine; unopened. Fine. #68 of 80 copies printed on pur fil Lafuma. 99 5 pp. 12mo. Inscribed on the title page: "for Bill & Roslyn in friendship 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. Les éditions de minuit unknown
195926065Wiesbaden:: Limes Verlag 1959. First edition; one of 2000 copies. publisher's illustrated boards. Very good or better. 12mo. F & F 266. With a signed presentation inscription on the half-title from Beckett to Richard Goolden. Limes Verlag, hardcover
1969311805Paris: Les éditions de minuit 1969. First edition number 109 of 550 copies of 742 total. 20 4 pp. Small 8vo. Original printed French wrappers. Minor shelf wear near fine. First edition number 109 of 550 copies of 742 total. 20 4 pp. Small 8vo. Inscribed on the title page "for William & Roslyn Targ from Samuel 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
195729024Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1957. First edition. 77 p. 19 cm. Original wrappers fine unopened. First French edition of All That Fall Beckett's first radio play. One of 80 numbered copies on pur fil including 10 h.c. the entire édition originale. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown
2006576229Paris: Éditions Petropolis 2006. Unbound. Fine. Limited edition. Folio. Measuring approximately 10½" x 14½". Three bifolia laid into a printed portfolio. Prints Éluard's poem in French in English as translated by Samuel Beckett and a woodcut by Michael Caine as well as title and limitation pages. Fine. Published in an edition of 149 copies this is one of 99 "sur papier chiffon" in gray wrappers printed in red and maroon also seen in pearl-white Japanese wrappers initialed by Michael Caine on the limitation page. Éluard's poem was first published in 1924 in Mourir de ne pas mourir; Beckett's translation first appeared in This Quarter - Surrealist number in 1932. N.B. In 1984 Caine published this poem in an edition of only 15 copies in a smaller format and with a different illustration. A nice production. Six copies in OCLC. Éditions Petropolis unknown
2006576230Paris: Éditions Petropolis 2006. Unbound. Fine. Limited edition. Folio. Measuring approximately 10½" x 14½". Three bifolia laid into a printed portfolio. Prints Éluard's poem in French in English as translated by Samuel Beckett and a woodcut by Michael Caine as well as title and limitation pages. Fine. Published in an edition of 149 copies this is one of 99 "sur papier chiffon" in pearl-white Japanese wrappers also seen in gray wrappers printed in red and maroon initialed by Michael Caine on the limitation page. Éluard's poem was first published in 1924 in Mourir de ne pas mourir; Beckett's translation first appeared in This Quarter - Surrealist number in 1932. N.B. In 1984 Caine published this poem in an edition of only 15 copies in a smaller format and with a different illustration. A nice production. Six copies in OCLC. Éditions Petropolis unknown
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
196142939Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1961. Very Good. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1961. First Trade Edition one of 3000 copies. Small octavo 18.5cm; publisher's white wrappers printed in blue and black; 177pp. Light shelf wear wrappers a bit dust-soiled and spine panel toned else Very Good internally clean sound and unopened. Signed by Beckett on title page.<br /> <br /> Beckett's stylistically and structurally challenging 'novel' which he called his "most difficult ever." The English translation "How It Is" appeared in 1964.<br /> <br /> References:<br /> <br /> No Symbols Where None Intended: A Catalogue of Books Manuscripts and Other Material Relating to Samuel Beckett in the Collections of the Humanities Research Center pp. 119-121<br /> <br /> Federman & Fletcher 268. Les Editions de Minuit unknown
1957FLAHIVE-2006Grove Press New York 1957 First printing of the first American edition. A fine copy in a very good jacket. A clean copy with price $3.50 intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Light soiling fading and chipping to jacket as pictured. Collections. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Grove Press, New York hardcover
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
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
198121248111981. New York: Grove Press. 1981. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth spine lettered in silver in the dust-jacket designed by Janet Odgis priced $12.50 to upper edge of front flap; pp. 80; spine somewhat sunned slight pushing and fading to spine tips jacket lettering a little faded small loss of laminate c. 15 x 15 mm to upper edge of rear cover light creasing to head of spine; a near-fine copy in like jacket; signature of Billie Whitelaw to front free endpaper dated 16 February 1984; with a dated Rockaby faceted paperweight engraved with the text 'Rockaby 1984' made by the renowned Belgian crystal manufacturer Val St. Lambert see below.First US edition first printing of the first appearances in print of Rockaby and Ohio Impromptu the first in book form of A Piece of Monologue and first US appearance of the prose All Strange Away signed and dated by Billie Whitelaw who gave the first performances of Rockaby Beckett's 'favourite actress almost at times his muse' Ackerley and Gontarski.Rockaby was written for a conference at the Center for Theater Research Buffalo where it was directed by Alan Schneider with Whitelaw as the Woman and the Voice respectively 'W' and 'V' in the text first performed on 8 April 1981; the London premiere - reprising Buffalo - followed at the Cottesloe Theatre in December 1982. The role had originally been intended for Irene Worth who withdrew shortly before rehearsals: 'She's gotten an offer to do a film needed the money etc' Alan Schneider to Beckett 15 February 1981. Whitelaw's assumption of the role was a relief to author and director alike: 'Can't tell you how delighted I am finally to be meeting Billie and working with her' ibid. A woman in a black evening gown sways rhythmically in a rocking chair her movements precisely synchronised with the incantatory movement of her own recorded voice which she intermittently joins with. The play may be seen and heard as a solemn highly stylised counterpart to the earlier Krapp's Last Tape both turning on the interplay between live and recorded voices. Both draw upon early memories Rockaby recalling Beckett's 'maternal grandmother ""little Granny"" Annie Roe dressed in ""her best black"" sitting in a rocking chair at the window of Cooldrinagh where she lived out the final years of her life' Knowlson. More distantly we may recall the rocking chair in Murphy the author's first novel. Following the premiere Schneider wrote to Beckett that 'the general audience response has been excellent. They have sat fascinated and mesmerized . The tape Billie made in London is superb a real piece of music. . How true and right your instincts and demands were on this one' 18 April 1981. This copy of Rockaby and Other Short Pieces from the library of director Alan Schneider was signed and dated by Whitelaw during the run of a Beckett triple bill - Rockaby Footfalls and Enough - given at the Samuel Beckett Theatre New York opening 16 February 1984 Whitelaw appearing in all three works. The production was both critically and commercially successful. 'Presumably by this time you are aware that the ROCKABY evening is the most sought-after theatre event of the season' Schneider reported to Beckett. 'All hell is breaking loose. We are selling out . turning away hundreds on weekends. We are the talk of the town and Billie has been absolutely besieged by newspaper and TV people; she has had hardly a moment to herself' 2 March 1984. Whitelaw was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in the category of Outstanding Solo Performance which may explain the faceted Val St. Lambert Rockaby 1984 paperweight/ornament accompanying this volume.Provenance: From the library of Alan and Eugenie 'Jean' Schneider d. 2025. hardcover
1847845A65London: At the Punch Office 1847-8. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". John Leech. A beautiful first edition of this celebrated humorous history of England by Gilbert A Beckett and John Leech in one beautiful morocco bound volume signed Hatchards. Initially published in parts between 1846 and 1848. The first book form edition complete in two volumes bound in one exceptionally bright Hatchards signed binding.Featuring ten hand coloured etching plates to each volume and numerous further vignette woodcuts throughout by famous caricaturist John Leech. Collated complete. Leech was best known for his work with Punch and enjoys fame as the first illustrator of Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol.A celebrated humorous retelling of British history by Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett from the Roman Invasion with chapters concerned with William the Conqueror Henry VIII and the Commonwealth and concluding with George the Second.Gilbert Abbott A' Beckett was an English humourist who also authored his famous retelling of Roman history The Comic History of Rome often seen with the present volume.Complete with half titles and unique title page preface/advertisements contents and engraving list to each volume. Featuring the armorial bookplate to the Earl of Birkenhead to front pastedown and pictorial bookplate from Egerton Parker to front free endpaper. Rebound in full straight up grain morocco signed Hatchards with five raised bands gilt to top edge gilt tooling to spine and extremities renewed endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear light fading to back strip. Internally firmly bound. Light faint minor spotting to first and last few leaves pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good Indeed At the Punch Office hardcover
1931BB2690London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb First Impression with misprint "hölder" for "holder" on p. 70 of Beckett 's scarce first commercially published book after Whoroscope brought out the previous year by Nancy Cunard's Hours Press one of only 3000 copies printed. Crown 8vo 185 x 122mm: 672pp. Publisher's cream boards spine lettered and covers extensively decorated in brown stylized dolphin and flowing seaweed pattern original buff illustrated dust jacket price-clipped repeating binding design in blue. End sheets mildly offset jacket's spine panel barely toned else virtually pristine apparently unread. Federman & Fletcher 7. Beckett age just 24 wrote this critical study of A la recherché du temps perdu in a first floor room overlooking the rue d’Ulm when he was lecteur at the École Normale supérieure in Paris in the summer of 1930. It was commissioned by Chatto & Windus as the seventh title of only fourteen in the beautifully designed Dolphin Books series of brief literary works. Others in the series were Aldous Huxley's Vulgarity in Literature Richard Aldington's translation of Alcestis and Thomas MacGreevy's study of T. S. Eliot. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. Chatto & Windus unknown
1988x-0485113236Continuum International Publishing Group - Athlone 1988. Hardcover. New. 4th sub edition. 608 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.50 inches. Continuum International Publishing Group - Athlone hardcover
1982118259Paris Editions de Minuit 1982 1 vol. broché plaquette in-18, brochée, non coupée, 35 pp. Edition originale française tirée seulement à 99 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches, plus quelques exemplaires hors commerce, comme celui-ci justifié "H.C." et enrichi en page de titre d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : "Pour Henri, très amicalement Sam avril 1982". Le destinataire est Henri Causse, directeur commercial des éditions de Minuit. En parfaite condition.
1982118259Paris Editions de Minuit 1982 1 vol. broché plaquette in-18, brochée, non coupée, 35 pp. Edition originale française tirée seulement à 99 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches, plus quelques exemplaires hors commerce, comme celui-ci justifié "H.C." et enrichi en page de titre d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : "Pour Henri, très amicalement Sam avril 1982". Le destinataire est Henri Causse, directeur commercial des éditions de Minuit. En parfaite condition.
1976118260Paris Editions de Minuit 1976 1 vol. Broché plaquette in-8, brochée, couverture à rabats, non coupée, 18 pp. Edition originale tirée seulement à 125 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches, celui-ci, un des 25 hors commerce justifié "H.C. V" et enrichi en page de titre d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : "Pour Henri Causse, bien amicalement Sam. Beckett, Paris février 76". Henri Causse était le directeur commercial des éditions de Minuit. En parfaite condition.
1976118260Paris Editions de Minuit 1976 1 vol. Broché plaquette in-8, brochée, couverture à rabats, non coupée, 18 pp. Edition originale tirée seulement à 125 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches, celui-ci, un des 25 hors commerce justifié "H.C. V" et enrichi en page de titre d'un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur : "Pour Henri Causse, bien amicalement Sam. Beckett, Paris février 76". Henri Causse était le directeur commercial des éditions de Minuit. En parfaite condition.
197829857Paris Editions de Minuit 1978 1 vol. Broché in-12, broché, non coupé, 97 pp. Première édition collective, en partie originale. Un des 86 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil Lafuma, seul tirage en grand papier, et parmi ceux-ci l'un des 7 hors commerce (ex. n°VI) avec un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Henri Causse, "Pour Henri, très amicalement, Sam". En parfait état.
197829857Paris Editions de Minuit 1978 1 vol. Broché in-12, broché, non coupé, 97 pp. Première édition collective, en partie originale. Un des 86 exemplaires numérotés sur pur fil Lafuma, seul tirage en grand papier, et parmi ceux-ci l'un des 7 hors commerce (ex. n°VI) avec un envoi autographe signé de l'auteur à Henri Causse, "Pour Henri, très amicalement, Sam". En parfait état.
