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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎DRAMATISCHE DICHTUNGEN BAND I and: BAND 2‎

‎Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1964. Two volumes. 5296;4236pp. Uniform publisher's charcoal gray linen silk markers. A couple of marginal finger smudges toward the rear of the first volume otherwise very good or better in modestly nicked and chipped dust jackets with some hand soiling to the spines. First collective edition of these translations printed parallel with the French or English texts including the first appearance in book form of "Act Sans Paroles II." The German translations were accomplished by Elmar Tophoven. An excellent association set inscribed in each volume by Beckett to his friends Jack and Gloria MacGowran: "for Jack & Gloria with love & gratitude Sam Paris Feb. 1964" and "for Jack & Gloria with love from Sam Paris Jan. 1965." Jack MacGowran 1918-1973 was closely identified with several major roles in Beckett's plays including that of Lucky in Godot at the Royal Court Theatre and the Obie winning off-Broadway anthology "MacGowran in the works of Beckett." Until his premature death at the age of 54 he and his wife Gloria remained among Beckett's closest and most constant friends. F&F 270 & 34.3. Suhrkamp Verlag unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Dream of fair to middling women; edited by Eoin O'Briien and Edith Fournier‎

‎Dublin: Blackcat Press 1992. First edition. xvii 241 p. 241. Boards fine in dust jacket. <br/><br/> Blackcat Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 27439

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates‎

‎Paris: Europa Press 1935. First edition of Beckett's second book of poetry. Although not called for this copy is signed by Beckett in a bold contemporary hand on the title-page and is numbered "28" by hand on the colophon page. The numbers on the colophons of the ordinary edition on Alfa paper were ink-stamped suggesting that this may have been a special copy. A very fine copy rare signed preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Small thin 4to original printed buff wrappers. A very fine copy rare signed preserved in a half-morocco slipcase. Europa Press unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Eh Joe & Other Writings‎

‎London: Faber & Faber 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Offsetting to front endpaper otherwise a fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper which is a bit wrinkled and has some light soiling to the rear panel. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 3446

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Eleutheria‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1995. First edition on ordinary paper. Wrappers 166 pp; very good. some marks on cover. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 25235

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Eleutheria: A Play in Three Acts‎

‎New York: Foxrock 1995. First. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Michael Brodsky. 8vo blue cloth without dust wrapper as published. New York: Foxrock 1995. First American Edition.<br/><br/> One of a special edition limited to reviewers only. Included is an invitation to a publication party and a publisher's blurb explaining the history of this long lost play.<br/><br/> Foxrock unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 235127

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎En attendant Godot‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1952. A very good plus copy the pages skillfully opened without damage to the margins the spine toned and lightly cockled and with narrow shadow along top edge of front wrapper modest paper somewhat toned as usual. 8vo. 162 4 pages. Original printed wrappers with author's photograph and blurbs on rear wrapper. FIRST TRADE EDITION after the 35 signed copies on large-paper of the original French edition of 'Waiting for Godot'. One of 2500 copies. Beckett's masterpiece and one of the defining works of the 20th century. Overall a very well-preserved copy: these trade editions from Les Éditions de Minuit are delicate in construction and notoriously fragile. Federman & Fletcher 259. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 406012

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎En attendant Godot‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1973. 134 p. 18 cm. Wrappers. Penciled notes in text. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 24482

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎En attendant Godot Waiting for Godot‎

‎Paris: Les Editions De Minuit. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY BECKETT on the title page; one of the most influential works of modern drama. "Voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century in a British Royal National Theatre poll of 800 playwrights actors directors and journalists. Beckett's naked play about two tramps waiting for Godot has tapped into our 20th-century public consciousness. It seems to express our deepest fears and our deepest knowledge of ourselves and our predicament" Norman Berlin. Notably the first edition of the text provided the public with their first experience of the complete play-Les Editions de Minuit published it three months before the play's debut in French in January 1953. "The first production of Beckett's own English translation directed by Peter Hall was staged at the Arts Theatre Club in London in August 1955. Kenneth Tynan's and Harold Hobson's reviews made it into an intellectual hit which has since been regarded as having transformed the British stage" DNB. Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. Octavo original wrappers; custom half-leather box. Text in French. Some browning and rubbing to spine. Extremely rare signed. Les Editions De Minuit paperback books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎En attendant Godot: pièce en deux Actes‎

‎Paris: les èditions de Minuit 1952 First edition first printing. Original publisher's white paper wrappers lettered in blue and black. Near fine or better with some faint creasing to the spine a hint of faint soiling to the otherwise fresh wrappers very minor toning to the otherwise clean pages. Overall a very bright and handsome copy. En attendant Godot is an absurdist play about two main characters Vladimir and Estragon who converse in witty and amusing banter while they wait for Godot who ultimately never arrives. Beckett an Irish author and native English speaker moved to France and subsequently transitioned from writing in English to French including this play. In 1954 Beckett translated this text from its original French into English and it was published in London by Faber and Faber in 1956 under the English title Waiting for Godot. The play originally premiered in Paris at the Théâtre de Babylone in January 1953 and this true first edition uses the text from that production; the subsequent English edition contains the text used by the Criterion Theater for its production of the play after the London premier in August 1955 at the Arts Theater including the "small number of textual deletions" that were made as per Lord Chamberlain's requirements in accordance with the strict UK theater censorship of the 1950's. Many subsequent productions have since altered Beckett's original text leading to a bit of a discrepancy as to which version is the definitive text but this French text is irrefutably the original. Regardless Waiting for Godot is a theatrical masterpiece- "its form is unusual: its contents weird its chief themes are madness boredom suffering cruelty: yet the effect of its inspired cross-talk is hilarious.". 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Paris: les èditions de Minuit paperback books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Endgame‎

‎London: Faber & Faber 1958 First Faber paperback edition first printing. Presentation copy; signed and inscribed by Beckett on the title page to Goucher professor and director of the fall 1965 production of Endgame: "For/ George B. Dowell/ with all good wishes from/ Samuel Beckett/ Paris March 1965." Original publisher's orange paper wraps lettered in black and white. A very good copy with some light wear and rubbing to the extremities first leaf starting else near fine. Scarce signed by Beckett. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. London: Faber & Faber paperback books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Endgame‎

‎London: Faber and Faber 1958. First English edition of Beckett's great absurdist play translated from the French by the author: "No one that ever lived ever thought so crooked as we." Preceded by the 1957 first edition Fin de partie and the first American edition earlier in 1958 this first English edition also includes the short sketch "Act Without Words." A fine copy. Single volume measuring 8 x 4.25 inches: 60. Original orange cloth lettered in pale blue original clipped photographic dust jacket. Faber and Faber unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1001165

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Endgame Fin de Partie suivi de Acte Sans Paroles‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1957. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition first printing of one of the Nobel laureate's most enduring works Endgame with text in the original French. Signed and inscribed by Samuel Beckett in the year of publication "Pour Georges en hommage et reconnaissance Sam Beckett Paris fevrier 1957." Near Fine with light lean to spine and toning to wraps and contents. A fantastic copy housed in a custom cloth case. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Ends and odds : plays and sketches / by Samuel Beckett‎

‎London: Faber & Faber 1977. First English edition. Boards fine price-clipped dust jacket. 104 p. 21 cm. Ends. Not I. That time. Footfalls. Ghost trio. But the clouds -- Odds. Theatre I. Theatre II. Radio I. Radio II. <br/><br/> Faber & Faber hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 24489

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Equisse radiophonique" in Minuit No 5‎

‎Paris 1973. Number 13 of 50 copies. 8vo. Original illustrated wrappers glassine. Very good. Number 13 of 50 copies. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed by Beckett at his contribution "for Bill Targ from Sam". 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. unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎FILM HE JOE‎

‎Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1968. Stiff printed wrappers. Photographs. Slight laminate loss in one small spot of wrapper otherwise fine. First printing of this edition printing the English texts in parallel with German translations by Erika and Elmar Tophoven with Beckett's French text of the second work appended. F&F 151.2. Suhrkamp Verlag unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎FILM SUIVI DE SOUFFLE‎

‎Paris:: Les Éditions de Minuit 1972. Square octavo. Printed wrappers. Offset from publisher's numbered slip otherwise near fine unopened in glassine. First edition in French translated by the author. Copy #36 of 200 numbered copies from a limited issue of 342 copies printed on vélin d'Arches. Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Film. Complete scenario illustrations production shots with an essay On Directing Film by Alan Schneider‎

‎London: Faber 1972. First English edition. 95 p. . Essay by Alan Schneider on directing "Film." Softbound 95 pp. with bw photos throughout. The back magentra cover has some light scratches otherwise a fine copy. <br/><br/> Faber paperback books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Fin de partie‎

‎Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit 1957. Early printing 18v57. Original printed wrappers; leaning a very good copy. <br/><br/> Les Éditions de Minuit unknown books‎

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‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Fin de partie suivi de Acte sans paroles. Endgame followed by Act Without Words.‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1957. First edition first issue on "grand papier" published January 30 1957. One of 50 copies printed on "velin pur fil du Marais" this being - fittingly - number 13. Endgame is one of Beckett's greatest works the play which he called ‘more inhuman' than Godot and which Harold Bloom in The Western Canon acclaimed as the greatest dramatic work of the 20th century. Bloom argued that Endgame is a ‘greater yet more savage work than Godot: I cannot think of any other 20th century work of literature composed as late as 1957 that is nearly as original an achievement as Endgame nor has there been anything since to challenge such originality. Beckett may have foresworn "mastery" as not being possible after Joyce and Proust but Endgame reaches it'. An immaculate unopened copy of this rare issue preserved in a folding linen box with leather spine. 8vo original printed wrappers. An immaculate unopened copy of this rare issue preserved in a folding linen box with leather spine. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books‎

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‎BECKETT SAMUEL‎

‎Flyer for Joseph Papp presents Mabou Mines' Production of Cascando by Samuel Beckett.Music by Philip Glass‎

‎1976. 1 pp. Oblong 4to. Fine old folds. 1 pp. Oblong 4to. INSCRIBED. Inscribed on upper right "for William Targ from Samuel Beckett." 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. His wife Roslyn Targ 1925-2017 was Beckett's American literary agent. unknown books‎

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‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎From an Abandoned Work‎

‎London: Faber and Faber 1958. First Edition Thus. 8vo 8 1/2 / 215 mm tall 22 pages in sewn decorated wrappers. Light sunning to edges. A Near Fine copy.A fragment of an unfinished novel written ca.1955 featuring the musings of a neurotic man. Beckett told his bibliographers that the fragment resulted from an attempt to return to fiction in English. "Asked why it ends abruptly he replied 'there was just no more to be said.'" Raymond Federman and John Fletcher Samuel Beckett: His Works & His Critics An Essay in Bibliography 1970.Our copy is the first appearance of "From an Abandoned Work" in book form. Trinity News the student newspaper at the University of Dublin Beckett's alma mater first published the fragment in 1956. That was followed by a reprint in the Evergreen Review and a broadcast by the BBC in 1957. Federman and Fletcher 33. <br /><br /> Faber and Faber books‎

Bookseller reference : 1436

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎From an abandoned work‎

‎London: Faber and Faber 1958. First edition. Wrappers light wear. Name on endpaper. <br/><br/> Faber and Faber unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 26640

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Godot‎

‎One of 300 Numbered Copies Signed by the Artist ARION PRESS. WILEY William T.artist. Godot. An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett San Francisco: The Arion Press 2006. Limited to 300 numbered copies this being number 168. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Folio 15 x 10 inches; 381 x 255 mm. 68 pp. With fifty color illustrations by Wiley in black blue and yellow and two black and while illustrations including a frontispiece portrait and a tailpiece. Publisher's quarter blue cloth over printed pictorial yellow paper boards. Yellow paper spine label lettered in black. Housed in a cloth and paper pictorial slipcase. Mint. With prospectus laid in. "This book is published in 2006 in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Samuel Beckett. It is not the play Waiting for Godot. It is a book about the play: a critic's appreciation a synopsis of the drama and artist's comments and fifty color prints inspired by the play. There are two other prints in black only: a frontispiece portrait of the playwright and an explosive tailpiece." From the Prospectus. HBS 65447. $850 The Arion Press hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 65447

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Happy Days: A Play in Two Acts‎

‎London:: Faber and Faber. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. First British edition. Near fine in a near fine light edge wear at the spine ends and one corner dust jacket. An attractive well preserved copy.; 48 pages . Faber and Faber, hardcover books‎

Bookseller reference : 60797