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197524476Editions Rombaldi 1975. Nobel Prize edition. IIllustrations by Avigdor Arikha. Including "la Vie et l'Oeuvre de Samuel Beckett by John Montague. With Introductions by Dr. Kjell Stromberg on the presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Beckett and the Speech at the Ceremony of Presentation of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Beckett by M. Karl Ragnar Gierow. With cover design by Picasso common to the series. FIne. <br/><br/> Editions Rombaldi unknown books
197424486New York: Grove Press inc 1974. First American edition. 123 p. ; Cloth 21 cm. "First printing." Slight lean and usual light fading occasional pencil marks in dust jacket. <br/><br/> Grove Press, inc hardcover books
1970WRCLIT71551Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1970. Printed wrappers. Minute snag at fore-margin of first leaf of text otherwise a fine unopened copy. First edition limited issue. Copy #18 of 99 numbered copies plus 7 hors commerce printed on pur fil Lafuma in addition to 292 copies on bouffant. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
19701342096Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1970. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo 212 pages; VG; in publisher's off-white wraps black titling to spine; very slight wear; pages slightly toned as usual; shelved case 2. 1342096. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
197027509Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1970. First edition. 212 p. 19 cm. Wrappers small abrasion on cover spine slightly tanned but a very nice copy unopened. One of 106 on Lafuma there were also 292 copies on bouffant. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
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
1955285460Paris: Olympia 1955. First. paperback. fine/near fine. Small 8vo card covers with blue black & gold d.w. very slightly rubbed at the edges. Paris: Olympia Press 1955. First Edition.<br/><br/> Olympia unknown books
1951WRCLIT71979Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1951. Printed wrappers. Text block uniformly tanned wrappers a bit soiled and slightly spotted tiny separation at top of lower joint. A sound copy. First edition ordinary issue after 550 numbered copies on fine papers. F&F 257. Les Editions de Minuit 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
195926643Paris: Club Français du Livre 1959. Second edition. 367 p. 21 cm. Cloth binding and typographic design by Jacques Daniel. Spine slightly faded else fine. Federman 257.1. <br/><br/> Club Français du Livre hardcover 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
1953761691953. BECKETT Samuel. MOLLOY. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1960. The photographic reprint of the first edition. 1 of 3000 copies. In French. 8vo. white wrappers. Price stamp to final leaf. Light shelfwear. Clean and crisp within. Near fine. FEDERMAN & FLETCHER 257.011. unknown books
1959299461New York: Grove 1959. First. paperback. very good/very good-. 577 pages. Thick 8vo blue cloth edgeworn and slightly chipped d.w with faint dampstaining at rear fold. New York: Grove Press 1959. First Grove Press edition. Cloth is lightly sunned at edges still a very good copy in a very good- largely intact dust wrapper<br/><br/> Grove unknown 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
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
