‎Beckett samuel‎

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎LE DÉPEUPLEUR‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1970. Printed wrappers. A couple of trivial smudges to wrappers otherwise fine unopened. First edition limited issue. Copy #33 of 99 numbered copies on vélin pur fil lafuma in addition to 7 copies hors commerce 200 on Bouffant and 92 for La Librairie des Éditions Minuit. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71620

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎LESSNESS‎

‎London: Calder & Boyars 1970. Half cream calf and gilt lettered cloth a.e.g. Calf a trace darkened with minuscule nick at crown otherwise about fine with the slipcase which is a very tight fit for the book. First edition limited issue of Beckett's own translation of SANS 1969. Copy #52 of one hundred numbered copies hors commerce specially bound and signed by the author denoted as being in advance of the first edition. The trade edition appeared as SIGNATURE 9. Calder & Boyars hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76928

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Lessness‎

‎London: Calder & Boyars 1970. First English edition. Translated from the French by the author. Originally published in France in 1969 as "Sans." Boards fine in dust jacket. <br/><br/> Calder & Boyars hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 26137

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Lettre de Samuel Beckett à Madeleine Renaud" contained in CAHIERS DE LA COMPAGNIE MADELEINE RENAUD - JEAN LOUIS BARRAULT‎

‎Paris: Gallimard 1965. Printed wrappers. Whole number 52. Fine. Beckett's short letter appears in the context of an issue largely devoted to Marguerite Duras. F&F 274. Gallimard unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT74463

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Mal Vu Mal Dit‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Very Good. Wraps in glassine dust jacket. Number 55 from a limited edition of 99 copies. Inscribed by Beckett on the half-title page. Covers just a little rubbed along the edges otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled and chipped along the edges. <br/><br/> Les Editions de Minuit paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : D11056 ISBN : 2707303305 9782707303301

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Mal vu mal dit‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1981. First edition. 19 cm. 76 p. Wrappers fine. Number 66 of 114 copies on Alfamousse. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 24491

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Malone Dies‎

‎London: John Calder 1958. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20cm.; bound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine; dustjacket; 120pp.; This book is in Fine condition. The dustjacket has been price clipped and shows moderate wear including a few short tears and tape repair on the verso of jacket; a Very Good jacket. Translated by the author from French this is the second novel in Beckett's trilogy.<br/><br/>FEDERMAN & FLETCHER 375.1. John Calder unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 52527

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Malone Dies‎

‎Grove Press 1956 1956. F. Soft cover. First Edition. 1st american edition in wrappers book in very good condititon except wear and tear on the front over and spine and leftover water marks on the back and slight age fading near the spi ne. Grove Press, 1956 unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 001250

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MALONE MEURT‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1951. First Edition First Printing. Softcover. Octavo 217 pages; VG; bound in publisher's beige wraps black and blue titling; creasing to spine; some rubbing and wear to wraps including chipping to head and tail of spine; inscription to ffep; age-toning to pages; shelved case 2. First Edition after 50 first numbered copies.;. 1331133. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1331133

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Malone Meurt - Oh Les Beaux Jours‎

‎Editions 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

Bookseller reference : 24476

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MERCIER AT CAMIER‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71551

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Mercier et Camier‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : 27509

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Molloy‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : 285460

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MOLLOY‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71545

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MOLLOY‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT65236

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Molloy; Malone Dies; The Unnamable.; A Trilogy‎

‎New 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

Bookseller reference : 299461

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MORE PRICKS THAN KICKS‎

‎London: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76930

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎More pricks than kicks‎

‎London: Picador 1970. 173 p. 20 cm. Yellowed text. Box B1. <br/><br/> Picador unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 24483

‎BECKETT SAMUEL‎

‎Murphy‎

‎New 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

Bookseller reference : 32440

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Murphy‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : 311624

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MURPHY‎

‎New 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76965

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Murphy‎

‎London: Picador 1973. 173 p. 20 cm. Yellowed text. Shakespeare & Co. stamp on title page. <br/><br/> Picador unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 28226

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎MURPHY‎

‎Paris: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT47073

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎NO'S KNIFE COLLECTED SHORTER PROSE 1945 - 1966‎

‎London: 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

Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70999

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Nohow On‎

‎New 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

Bookseller reference : 21814