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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 The special "Samuel Beckett Issue" including hitherto unpublished Beckett items as well as essays and a symposium: Pinter Esslin Calder Duckworth Federman et al.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
1975311799Paris: Les éditions de minuit 1975. First edition number 58 of 150 copies. 24 4 pp. 12mo. Original stiff wrappers glassine; unopened. Fine. First edition number 58 of 150 copies. 24 4 pp. 12mo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page "for William Targ & Roslyn very cordially 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
199027437Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1990. First edition. Wrappers. 18 cm; very fine. copy number 59 of 99 copies on vélin chiffon de Lana plus 6 h.c. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
19561334661New York City: The John Golden Theatre/The Playbill 1956. Saddle-stitched. Stapled pamphlet; 20 pages; Playbill for the fourth week of performances of Waiting for Godot which opened on Broadway on April 19 1956 this program is dated May 7. some general wear to the paper toning one area of creasing on front wrap. Shelved in folder in case 0. 1334661. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The John Golden Theatre/The Playbill 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
1970WRCLIT82477New York: Grove Press 1970. Cloth. First printing in the Collected Works format. Ink ownership inscription on free endsheet else about fine in dust jacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1961006314London: John Calder 1961. Near Fine slight toning to end pages in a Near Fine dust wrapper slight creasing at head of spine. The First British Trade Edition preceded by a limited edition of 100 copies both preceding the American Edition by two years. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Calder Hardcover books
196357061NY: Grove 1963. First printing. 8vo pp. 61. Review copy with slip laid in. Green cloth. A nice copy in soiled dj. Includes the series Quatre Poemes in French and English. Grove unknown books
1970107880Grove Press Inc 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. First edition thus. Original price of $4.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Grove Press, Inc 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
196349247NY: Grove 1963. First printing. 8vo pp. 61. Paper wraps. Cover soiled but a VG tight copy. Grove unknown books
196360793NY:: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. First printing thus. Light vertical crease to title page else near fine in a near fine faint age toning dust jacket. ; 61 pages . Grove Press, hardcover 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
