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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
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
1934WRCLIT71553London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Tan cloth lettered in blue. Spine cocked and somewhat rubbed and a bit darkened engraved bookplate on front pastedown Sir George Bull Baronet of Hammersmith modest tanning at edges faint discoloration to top stain otherwise a good sound copy without the rare dust jacket. First edition of Beckett's first collection of short fiction by most assessments his scarcest trade publication. The edition consisted of approximately 1500 copies of which only a third sold. Beckett was reluctant to allow its reprinting finally relenting only in 1966 for the "Hors Commerce" edition for scholars which paved the way for the public editions of later years. F&F 16. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
197024483London: Picador 1970. 173 p. 20 cm. Yellowed text. Box B1. <br/><br/> Picador unknown books
196627432London: Calder & Boyars 1966. Second edition. 107 p. 25 cm. Glossy white wrappers stapled mimeographed from typescript. Fine. <br/><br/> Calder & Boyars unknown 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
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
1954311624Paris: Bordas / Éditions de Minuit 1954. First edition in French second issue. 272 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers; glassine; unopened. Text evenly toned otherwise fine. First edition in French second issue. 272 pp. 8vo. Inscribed to the Targs. First French edition second issue. Inscribed on the title page "For William & Roslyn Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett." Beckett's first novel written in English and originally published in 1938. This French translation appeared 9 years later under the Bordas imprint. At the end of 1953 Les Éditions de Minuit acquired some 2750 unsold copies from Bordas and in early 1954 they reissued them under their own wrappers. <br/>Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's longtime 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. The Targs enjoyed a friendly relationship with Beckett and paid him visits during their trips to Paris with Bill Targ introducing Beckett to Saul Bellow on one ocassion. A fine association. Bordas / Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1947311622Paris: Bordas 1947. First French edition first issue one approximately 250 copies in the Bordas wrappers. 201 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers glassine unopened. Fine. First French edition first issue one approximately 250 copies in the Bordas wrappers. 201 pp. 8vo. First issue wrappers inscribed to Bill and Roslyn Targ. Presentation copy inscribed on the title-page "For William & Roslyn Targ/ with all good wishes/ Samuel Beckett." Beckett's first novel written in English and originally published in 1938. This French translation appeared 9 years later under the Bordas imprint. At the end of 1953 Les Éditions de Minuit acquired some 2750 unsold copies from Bordas and in early 1954 they reissued them under their own wrappers. <br/>Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's longtime 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. The Targs enjoyed a friendly relationship with Beckett and paid him visits during their trips to Paris with Bill Targ introducing Beckett to Saul Bellow on one ocassion. A fine association. Federman & Fletcher 145 Bordas unknown books
1957WRCLIT76965New York: Grove Press 1957. Cloth. First U.S. edition clothbound trade issue. Slight tanning at endsheet gutters otherwise very good or better in slightly tanned and soiled white dust jacket. F&F 25.1. Grove Press hardcover 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
197328226London: Picador 1973. 173 p. 20 cm. Yellowed text. Shakespeare & Co. stamp on title page. <br/><br/> Picador unknown books
1951752051951. BECKETT Samuel. MURPHY. Paris: Bordas 1947 but issued in late 1951 by Les Editions de Minuit. First French edition second issue in wrappers by Les Editions de Minuit. Translated by the author. Octavo largely unopened. 206 pp. White paper wrappers printed in blue and black. Spine is lightly sunned and wrappers show general very light dust-soiling. Text leaves are lightly age-browned. It is a very good copy overall. First issued by Bordas in 1947 only about 95 of the 3000 copies printed had sold after a four-year period when Editions de Minuit took over the contract and unsold stock at the end of 1951. Federman & Fletcher 145.01. 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
1971WRCLIT73636Bristol 1971. XI:3. Small quarto. Pictorial wrappers. Illustrations. Very good. The special "Samuel Beckett Issue" including hitherto unpublished Beckett items as well as essays and a symposium: Pinter Esslin Calder Duckworth Federman et al. unknown books
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
1967134343London: Calder and Boyars 1967. Octavo boards. First English edition trade issue. Collects the entirety of Beckett's postwar shorter prose works. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #134343 Calder and Boyars unknown books
198921814New York: Limited Editions Club 1989. leather_bound. Orig. full black morocco. Fine in fine matching black clamshell case. 128 pages. 27.5 x 19 cm. Limited edition copy 53 of 550 signed by Beckett and Robert Ryman. The letterpress type is set by hand in 12 pt. English Monotype Bodoni 357 by Julia Ferrarie and Dan Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry with the typographic refinement of extensive kerns. Text printed by David Wolfe at The Shagbark Press in South Portland Maine on 100 percent cotton paper made by Cartiere Enrico Magnani in Pescia Italy. All six aquatints printed on 200 gram Arches paper in combination with handmade Japanese papers. The book carefully hand-sewn and bound in full black Nigerian Oasis goatskin spine and front board stamped in twenty-two carat gold leaf. Six different book binders split the work of this edition with the boxes made by hand at Portfoliobox in Providence Rhode Island from black cotton lined on the inside with gray ultra suede. The label inlaid on the spine of the box is black goatskin stamped in gold. The engravings by Ryman are in white hardly perceptible reliefs an attempt to present Beckett's hauntingly elusive prose. Beckett's work became increasingly minimalist in his later career. LEC prospectus laid-in. Limited Editions Club unknown books
195829154Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1958. First edition. Original wrappers unopened a fine copy. One of 30 numbered copies on pur fil. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1958WRCLIT71576Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1958. Pictorial wrappers. Six illustrations by Avigdor Arikha. About fine in chipped glassine. Second first illustrated edition. One of two thousand numbered copies. F&F 263.1. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1963311744Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1963. First edition. Thin 12mo. Original wrappers. Text toned some shelfwear. First edition. Thin 12mo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title-page "for Bill & Ros 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. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
1963WRCLIT71563Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1963. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine in glassine with a bit of tanning at the spine. First edition in French of HAPPY DAYS translated by the author. Copy #77 of 412 numbered copies on vélin pur fil reserved for La Librairie des Éditions Minuit from a total deluxe issue of 499 copies. F&F 149. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
196324472Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1963. First edition. 89 p. 18 cm. Translation of: Happy Days. One of 412 copies on bouffant for the Librairie des Editions de Minuit second paper. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit 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
1962285508London: Faber & Faber 1962. Second. hardcover. fine/near fine. By Samuel Beckett et al. With Letters of Protest by G.V.L. Slingsby & Vladimir Dixon. 8vo blue cloth d.w. New York: New Directions 1962<br/><br/> Second edition using the sheets from the second impression of the British edition.<br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
