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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
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Beckett Samuel
More Pricks Than Kicks
London: 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
Bookseller reference : 311756
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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
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Beckett Samuel
MORE PRICKS THAN KICKS
London: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71553
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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
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Beckett Samuel
More pricks than kicks.; Special edition Hors Commerce for Scholars
London: Calder & Boyars 1966. Second edition. 107 p. 25 cm. Glossy white wrappers stapled mimeographed from typescript. Fine. <br/><br/> Calder & Boyars unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27432
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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
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Beckett Samuel
MURPHY
New 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
Bookseller reference : 1342075
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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
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Beckett Samuel
Murphy
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 311622
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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
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Beckett Samuel
MURPHY
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71765
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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
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BECKETT Samuel
MURPHY
1951. 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
Bookseller reference : 75205
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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
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Beckett Samuel
NEW THEATRE MAGAZINE
Bristol 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT73636
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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
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Beckett Samuel
NO'S KNIFE: COLLECTED SHORTER PROSE 1945-1966
London: 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
Bookseller reference : 134343
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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
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Beckett Samuel
Nouvelles et Textes Pour Rien
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 29154
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Beckett Samuel
NOUVELLES ET TEXTES POUR RIEN
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71576
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Beckett Samuel
oh les beaux jours
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 311744
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Beckett Samuel
OH LES BEAUX JOURS PIÈCE EN DEUX ACTES
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71563
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Beckett Samuel
Oh les beaux jours. Pièce en deux actes
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 24472
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BECKETT Samuel
Our Exagmination Round His Factification For Incamination of Work in Progress
London: 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
Bookseller reference : 285505
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BECKETT Samuel
Our Exagmination Round His Factification For Incamination of Work in Progress
London: 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
Bookseller reference : 285508
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Beckett Samuel
pas moi
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 311799
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Beckett Samuel
Peintres de l'empêchement
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : 27437
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Beckett Samuel
PLAYBILL: WAITING FOR GODOT
New 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
Bookseller reference : 1334661
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Beckett Samuel
POEMS 1930 - 1989
London: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT69504
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Beckett Samuel
POEMS IN ENGLISH
New 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT82477
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Beckett Samuel
Poems in English
London: 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
Bookseller reference : 006314
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BECKETT Samuel
POEMS IN ENGLISH
NY: 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
Bookseller reference : 57061
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Beckett Samuel
Poems in English
Grove 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
Bookseller reference : 107880
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Beckett Samuel
POEMS IN ENGLISH
London: 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
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT70549
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BECKETT Samuel
POEMS IN ENGLISH
NY: Grove 1963. First printing. 8vo pp. 61. Paper wraps. Cover soiled but a VG tight copy. Grove unknown books
Bookseller reference : 49247
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BECKETT Samuel
Poems In English
NY:: 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
Bookseller reference : 60793
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Beckett Samuel
Pour Finir Encore
Paris: 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
Bookseller reference : D11055 ISBN : 2707301043 9782707301048
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Beckett Samuel
POUR FINIR ENCORE
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1976. Square octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine unopened. First edition limited issue. Copy #35 of 100 numbered copies on vélin Arches in addition to 25 copies hors commerce. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71614
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BECKETT Samuel
Pour Finir Encore et autres foirades
Paris: Editions de Minuit 1976. First. paperback. near fine. 47pp. narrow 16mo printed wrappers. Paris: Editions de Minuit 1976. First trade edition.<br/><br/> Editions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 241430
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Beckett Samuel
Pour finir encore et autres foirades
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1976. First trade edition. 53 p. 18 cm. Fine. Box 014. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26645
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Beckett Samuel
Poèmes
Paris: Editions de Minuit 1968. First edition No. 307 of 550 copies total edition of 762 all printed on "velin cuve B.F. K. Rives. 30 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original wrappers. Fine copy. First edition No. 307 of 550 copies total edition of 762 all printed on "velin cuve B.F. K. Rives" 30 2 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Editions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 214081
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Beckett Samuel
POÈMES
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1968. Square octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine unopened in glassine. First collective French edition limited issue. Copy #199 of 550 numbered copies on vélin cuve BFK rives in addition to 100 copies hors commerce and 112 for La Librairie des Éditions Minuit. F&F 279. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71616
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Beckett Samuel
Poèmes
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1968. First edition. 2 p.l. 9-30 p. 1 l. 20 cm. Wrappers. One of 550 numbered copies from a total edition of 762 copies on Rives. Fine unopened. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27508
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Beckett Samuel
Poèmes : suivi de Mirlitonnades
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1978. First trade edition. 44 p. 19 cm. Wrappers fine with belly-band. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26646
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BECKETT Samuel
Premier Amour
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1970. 12mo. 56 1. Original white printed wrappers. Fine. First trade edition. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 402332
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Beckett Samuel
PREMIER AMOUR
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1970. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine. First edition in French. Copy #18 of 99 numbered copies on pur fil lafuma from a total deluxe issue of 399 copies. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT71612
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Beckett Samuel
Premier amour
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1970. First edition. Wrappers fine. One of 99 copies on Lafuma tirage de tête. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : 24479
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Beckett Samuel
PREMIER AMOUR
Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1970. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Fine. First edition in French. One of 99 numbered copies on lafuma from a total deluxe issue of 399 copies. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT27991
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BECKETT Samuel
Program: A Gala Benefit in aid of the Free Art Legal Fund: An Evening of Music and Reading from the work of Samuel Beckett and Bertold Brecht
London: Free Art Legal Fund 1967. Softcover. Fine. Stapled printed self-wrappers. 12pp. Fine. Music by Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler; readings by Patrick Magee Bettina Jonic and Nicol Williamson. Free Art Legal Fund unknown books
Bookseller reference : 373079
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