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1988CNJL050New York / London: Blue Moon Books / John Calder 1988 1988. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. le Brocquy Louis. No. XII of XV HC copies folio size 40 pp. signed by Samuel Beckett and Louis le Brocquy. First published appearance of Beckett's last prose work. Per the book's colophon a total of 226 copies were published 200 numbered and 26 lettered A-Z; this volume designated as XII of XV HC hors d' commerce with the initials "BR" for publisher Barney Rosset and is signed by both Becket and le Brocquy. <br/><br/>Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 needs no introduction this prose piece reflects the "compactness" characteristic of his later work. The artist Louis le Brocquy 1916-2012 a friend of Beckett's was one of the few artists whose work commanded prices in excess of GBP 1 million during his lifetime and was honoured as the first and only painter to be included during his lifetime in the Permanent Irish Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Quarter bound in parchment with a natural linen and cotton cloth binding stamped on the front board with a motif by le Brocquy in eighteen carat gold text in Monotype Garamond 156 and printed by lithography on Velin de Rives deckle edged paper. The illustrations consist of one original lithographic image in two tones of Samuel Beckett and eight original lithographic drawings in black ink printed by Pierre Chave at his Atelier in Vence France. First and limited edition which was to consist of 226 copies 200 numbered and 26 lettered apparently an additional XV HC copies were produced this being no. XII signed by both author and artist on signature page following the colophon. 13.25" tall unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding full-page illustration pages. Slipcase bound in matching natural linen/cotton cloth. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Fine the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; in a like slipcase. <br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an extremely large and heavy book and therefore additional postage will apply. We are happy to ship at cost to both domestic and international customers please inquire for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Blue Moon Books / John Calder (1988) hardcover books
P4727Prague: DILIA 1964. Octavo 19.6 à 14 cm. Original decorative wrappers; 223 1 pp. A very good copy. The first appearance of any work by Samuel Beckett in Czech was this translation of the absurdist and existentialist play distributed for private use by literary and theatre professionals by DILIA the Czechoslovak literary and theatre agency. Expressly marked "not for sale" "Neprodejný text". This is the first printing second and third runs with variant colored wrappers were published due to large demand but in relatively low numbers given the caveat of the book being a purely internal non-commercial publication. The first regularly distributed edition of Beckett's work had to await the end of the "Normalization" period a period of strict political control which followed the short intermezzo of the liberal Prague Spring of the 1960s and could only be published in 1986. Nevertheless Beckett was quite influential in Communist Czechoslovakia impacting playwrights such as Vaclav Havel. The translator JiÅà KoláŠwas one of the most important post-war artists a pioneer of the collage medium and a key advocate of concrete poetry. KVK OCLC only show the copy at the Czech National Library. unknown books
198627454Dublin: Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber London. with Rier Run Press stamped over 1986. First edition. xxvi 2 402 p. Eoin O'Brien ; photography David H. Davison ; foreword James Knowlson ; illustrations Robert Ballagh. ill. ; 27 cm. Cloth fine in slightly faded dust jacket. <br/><br/> Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber, London. with Rier Run Press stamped over hardcover books
D1042Norfolk Connecticut: New Directions n.d. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Publisher's teal cloth; red dust jacket printed in black. Spine a little sunned and rubbed at tips. Dust jacket lightly rubbed; spine a bit darkened and lightly chipped at tips; not price-clipped and presents nicely in mylar. <br/><br/> New Directions hardcover books
19551331132Paris: The Olympia Press 1955. First English Edition. Softcover. Octavo 241 pages; VG; blue and black striped pictorial wrapper over stiff wrappers; very mild rubbing and wear to wrapper; interior clean; shelved case 2. Originally published in Paris by Éditions de Minuit in 1951 Molloy is the only one of Beckett's works not translate by himself alone but rather done as a collaboration. 1331132. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Olympia Press unknown books
1967015657Israel: Tarshish Books 1967. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. iv pages of text followed by 21 plates interspersed with title sheets. ORiginal hardcover binding wtih minor shelfwear and soiling. Several pages are loosened. The text is clean and unmarked. The introductory text is in Hebrew. First edition. Tarshish Books Hardcover books
1972CNJL566Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press for The Enitharmon Press 1972. Limited First Edition. Folio. Fine. Arikha Avigdor. Number XIII of XV copies folio size 24 pp. with an extra suite of three etchings all of which are signed by the artist signed by Samuel Beckett on the limitation page. "The North" is a paragraph extracted from the short prose work "The Lost Ones" originally published as "Le Depeupleur" Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1971 by Samuel Beckett 1906-1989. The story has no plot but is rather a metaphorical exploration of the landscape of the unconscious mind evoked through the image of a flattened cylinder and its crowded inhabitants. <br/><br/>Avigdor Arikha 1929-2010 was a close friend of Samuel Beckett who he met in Paris where he settled after escaping a Nazi concentration camp. He is regarded among Israel's greatest postwar artists and was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2005. His images of "the woman vanquished" are chillingly somber and darkly chaotic. A remarkable collaboration between two great artists of the twentieth-century. This is from a special edition of 15 copies which were produced primarily for the publisher Alan Clodd. These were not issued in a slipcase. <br/><br/>____DESCRIPTION: Original white paper portfolio with enclosing lower flap title in blind to the upper cover loose folios as issued three signed etchings with tissue guards together with an extra suite of those same etchings from the text signed hand-set Palatino type J. Barcham Green paper 15" by 11 5/8" 24 pp. limited first edition number XIII of XV copies signed by the author and the artist.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: A fine copy internally bright and complete covers are clean and bright internally free of prior owner markings; crisp and as new a heartbreakingly lovely work. <br/><br/>__POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Rampant Lions Press for The Enitharmon Press unknown books
1988227276New York: Gotham Book Mart 1988. First. hardcover. fine. Gorey. A Selection.Adapted by Samuel Beckett and Jack MacGowran. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. 32p. pictorial black boards. New York: Gotham Book Mart 1988. Limited First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Number 15 of 300 numbered copies signed by Beckett & Gorey<br/><br/> Gotham Book Mart unknown books
1969WRCLIT73281Kent OH: Kent State Univ. Press 1969. Gilt cloth. First edition. From the Serif Series: Bibliographies and Checklists / Number 8. Near fine without dust jacket as issued. Kent State Univ. Press hardcover books
1963WRCLIT73089London: John Calder 1963. Cloth. Top edge a trace dust darkened a few tiny spots to front pastedown otherwise a very good copy in lightly used dust jacket. First collective edition including Beckett's translation of THE OLD TUNE and Barbara Bray's translations of CLOPE and DEAD LETTER. F&F 502.02. John Calder hardcover books
1971WRCLIT71535London: Turret Books 1971. Large octavo. Cloth. Photographs and facsimiles. Fine in limp plastic wrapper as issued. First edition limited issue. Foreword by A.J. Leventhal. One of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the Beckett. Turret Books hardcover books
1962WRCLIT80793New York: Grove Press 1962. Stiff typographically decorated wrapper. Light dust smudges to wrapper but very good or better. First edition wrapperbound issue. Laid in is the publisher's review slip with a manuscript note indicating that the cloth copies were still at the binder's and the wrapperbound copies were called in to serve as review copies. GOODWIN A8Aa. F&F 703 Grove Press hardcover books
1969WRCLIT35169Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1969. Large octavo. Printed wrappers. Later impression but with the ownership inscription and very frequent annotations of poet/translator Cid Corman. Very good or better. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
1971WRCLIT49990London: Chatto & Windus 1971. Cloth boards. Second impression. Poet Cid Corman's copy with his ownership inscription and highlights and annotations throughout. Top edge dusty else fine in near fine dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1969304728New York Grove Press 1969. 1969. First American edition first printing so stated. 8vo. Dust jacket photo by Brassai unclipped. Very good. 318 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Grove Press [1969]. hardcover books
198341346NY: Grove 1983. First edition. 199 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. NY: Grove unknown books
199667315NY: Grove Press 1996. First US edition. 192 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. In addition to the conversations with Beckett Bert Lahr Jack MacGowran Billie Whitelaw Mike Nichols Deborah Warner Martin Segal and Edward Beckett appear. NY: Grove Press unknown books
197243523NY: Hill and Wang 1972. First US edition. 152 pp w/index. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. NY: Hill and Wang unknown books
198836901Syracuse: Syracuse University Press 1988. First edition. 106 pp w/index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press unknown books
197769083Philadelphia: Journal of Modern Literature 1977. Volume Six Number One. 168 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover image of Beckett by Jack Coughlin. Eleven essays on the master. Philadelphia: Journal of Modern Literature, unknown books
195748492NY: Grove Press 1957. First US edition. 59 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket with some light edgewear and a two inch closed tear to the front panel. A play. Federman & Fletcher 34. NY: Grove Press unknown books
196748735London: Jonathan Calder 1967. First edition. 99 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Twenty-four authors publishers actors and friends offer memories and tributes. London: Jonathan Calder unknown books
198147370n.p.:: Suhrkamp. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 3518022237 . Text is in German French and English. First edition thus. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Suhrkamp, hardcover books
201491689NY:: Grove Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2014. Hardcover. 9780802120458 . Edited by Mark Nixon. First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Grove Press, hardcover books
193548494Paris: Europa Press 1935. First edition numbered issue. 36 pp. Some uneven offsetting to rear cover else very near fine in printed wrappers. One of 250 numbered copies this is copy #7. Though not called for in this state SIGNED by Beckett on the title page. Federman & Fletcher 22. Paris: Europa Press, unknown books
