‎Beckett samuel‎

‎Maine Beckett S. B.‎

‎Guide Book of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence and St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail Roads including a Full Description of all the Interesting Features of the White Mountains‎

‎Portland Maine: Sanborn & Carter and H. J. Little & Co 1853. First edition. Engraved plates and illustrations by Baker Smith & Andrew after original sketched by C. E. Beckett illustrated title reading "Portland White-Mountains & Montreal Rail-Road Guide" with Foster Gerrish & Co Printers 1858 folding map at back. 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in blind lettered in gilt on upper cover. Some rubbing of extremities page 67 and adjoining leaves with stain near gutter not affecting legibility else a very good copy. First edition. Engraved plates and illustrations by Baker Smith & Andrew after original sketched by C. E. Beckett illustrated title reading "Portland White-Mountains & Montreal Rail-Road Guide" with Foster Gerrish & Co Printers 1858 folding map at back. 180 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sabin 4247; Cobb #207; Bent p.5 Sanborn & Carter and H. J. Little & Co unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 34293

‎HOWORTH Beckett.‎

‎Examination and diagnosis of the spine and extremities.‎

‎Springfield:: Charles C. Thomas 1962. 1962. 255 x 180 mm. 8vo. xiii 178 pp. 8 tables 165 figs. indexes. Green cloth gilt spine dust-jacket; jacket insect freckled else fine. Charles C. Thomas, (1962). hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : M1949

‎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

书商的参考编号 : 406012

‎Beckett Samuel; Wiley William T. Artist; Littlejohn David Introduction; Hoyem Andrew Program Note and Synopsis‎

‎Godot: An Imaginary Staging by William T. Wiley of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett with En Attendant / Waiting for Godot‎

‎San Francisco / New York: The Arion Press / Grove Press 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Wiley William T. Artist book: Number 68 of 300 elephant folio size 67 pp. signed by William T. Wiley with prospectus and invitation to the publication party. Trade book: octavo size 365 pp. Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 is considered one of the last modernist writers and a key figure in what is known as the "Theatre of the Absurd." Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1969 most of us are aware of Beckett and "Godot"; however as the prospectus states "his works still cry out for explanations - explanations that Beckett himself adamantly refused to give". For anyone who has been grappling with this explanation this wonderful artist's book will shed new light: it is not the play it is ABOUT the play. Andrew Hoyem designed the artist's book to illuminate the play itself which is why it was published with the trade bi-lingual edition which we also offer here.<br/><br/>This artist's book was published in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Beckett the Irish avant-garde novelist playwright poet and translator. American artist William T. Wiley uses wordplay and visual puns to carry the reader deeper still into irreverence with fifty colour plates each with five lines of text beneath which offer a synopsis of the play or with stage directions. The artist book should be read with the play itself; it is a book written out of love and admiration by a loyal aficionado of Beckett's plays.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Artist book bound with blue cloth backstrip yellow paper spine label with black lettering yellow paper sides imprinted with images by Wiley fifty prints made from photopolymer plates three for each: the black line and the blue and yellow tints two prints in black only frontispiece and tailpiece; Century Expanded type partially handset Hahnemühle linen paper elephant folio size 15.5" by 10 3/8" 1-4 5-65 66 1 colophon pp. limited edition this number 68 of 300 copies signed by William T. Wiley. The slipcase is designed to match the book with the same blue cloth on the edges the same spine label the two sides covered in the same yellow paper; however the lettering is a wordplay on the palindrome "To Dog Godot" which is surrounded by a field of potatoes. Loosely laid in are the prospectus for the book a single sheet folded once for printing folded in half for mailing information about the book on the front and back pages sample pages with illustrations on the two inner pages measuring just under 15" by just under 10"; and a small card invitation to the publication party to be held on December 18 2006. Accompanying the artist book is a trade publication by the Grove Press of "Waiting for Godot" presented in both French and English bound in glossy paper over boards black along the shelfback and grey on both boards black white and blue lettering a notice tipped onto the front pastedown that this copy accompanies the Arion Press artist book black endpapers octavo size 9.25" by 6.25" pagination: i-iv v-viii 1-3 4-357.<br/><br/>___CONDITION: Artist book fine overall internally bright and free of prior owner markings text block is tight and square with solid hinges covers are clean corners are straight and unrubbed; a minute abrasion to the paper of the back board where it meets the cloth overall a fine copy. Slipcase also fine overall strong and sturdy the cloth neither sunned nor rubbed the paper label and sides clean and unrubbed; a single shallow mark to one side else fine. Prospectus fine with only original fold publication party invitation fine. The trade edition of the play near fine clean the binding strong with solid hinges free of prior owner markings; a short very shallow mark to the front else fine. The ensemble presents a lovely homage to Beckett and the "most significant English language play of the 20th century" from Wiki per a poll conducted in Britain in 1990.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Arion Press Catalogue no. 77<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that due to size additional postage may apply; 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. The Arion Press / Grove Press hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 18052111

‎Beckett Samuel; le Brocquy Louis Artist‎

‎Stirrings Still‎

‎New 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

书商的参考编号 : CNJL050

‎Beckett Ian FW. Editor; Corvi Steven J. Editor; F. W.‎

‎Victoria’s Generals‎

‎Pen and Sword Military 2009-09-19. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dust jacket and book are clean has a very good binding no marks or notations. Pen and Sword Military hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 187359 ???????? : 1844159183 9781844159185

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎En attendant Godot Waiting for Godot‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. First edition. Near Fine. A Near Fine copy of the first trade edition following the 35 signed copies. A fragile softcover book uncommon in this condition. Spine slightly toned and rolled slight nicks at the spine ends. Penciled owner signatures on two leaves otherwise an excellent copy internally. Pages a bit toned as usual.<br/><br/>One of the masterpieces of 20th century theatre - Beckett's hugely influential tragicomedy. Beckett had originally written the play in French between the Fall and Winter of 1948-1949. Beckett would not translate the play into English until its London premier in 1955 In fact this edition of the play - the Minuit edition - was released in 1952 before the play's first performance the next year. Beckett was thought to have been inspired to write the work after viewing Caspar David Friedrich's painting "Mann und Frau den Mond betrachtend" Man and Woman observing the Moon.<br/><br/>Upon its French premier the play was met with positive reviews and though it was first received somewhat coldly in London it would soon become a popular and critical success there and worldwide. Some critics like Norman Berlin credit the play's wide appeal to its "stripped down" nature - its simplicity encourages a myriad of readings and interpretations that otherwise could not exist. Beckett would later win the Nobel Prize for Literature and "Waiting for Godot" appears on Le Monde's list of the "100 Books of the Century." <br/><br/>"It arrives at the custom house as it were with no luggage no passport and nothing to declare: yet it gets through as might a pilgrim from Mars. It does this I believe by appealing to a definition of drama much more fundamental than any in the books. A play it asserts and proves is basically a means of spending two hours in the dark without being bored." Contemporary Observer review from the famed drama critic Kenneth Tynan. Near Fine. Les Editions de Minuit unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 2261

‎Beckett Samuel; O'Kane David illus‎

‎Imagination Dead Imagine Deluxe Edition‎

‎Dublin: The Salvage Press 2015. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Archival Case. Bright and unmarred. Black cloth drop spine box loose fo sheets. fo. np. Illus. b/w plates. Numbered limited edition. Signed by the artists. <br/><br/>"No trace anywhere of life you say pah no difficulty there imagination not dead yet yes dead good imagination dead imagine. So begins BeckettÂ’s ‘Imagination Dead ImagineÂ’ a short prose text first published in French in Les Lettres nouvelles in 1965. Its first English publication was in The Sunday Times that same year. <br />"This new edition of loose sheets celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original publishing in 1965. The project is a collaboration between typographic designer Jamie Murphy & visual artist David OÂ’Kane. The work is introduced with an essay by renowned Beckett scholar Stanley E Gontarski. <br />The text has been hand-set & letterpress printed by Jamie Murphy in 18 point Caslon Old Face supported by a newly drawn ten line grotesque typeface by Bobby Tannam cut from maple by Tom Mayo. David OÂ’Kane has supplied two lithographs inspired by the text editioned by Thomas Franke at Stein Werk Lithography studio in Leipzig. The sheets are printed on 250gsm French made Velin Cuve BFK Rives mould-made. The edition is limited to 50 copies 40 of which make up the standard format ten accounting for the de luxe. The bindings were executed by Tom Duffy in Dublin. The standard is housed in a cloth covered portfolio protected inside a slipcase. The deluxe is presented in a clam-shell box accompanied by a typographic triptych based on the text. The standard copies are numbered 11 – 50 the deluxe are numbered 1 – 10. Each copy has been signed by the collaborators. The Salvage Press hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 8779

‎BECKETT Derrick.‎

‎Great Buildings of the World.‎

‎London:: Paul Hamlyn 1969. 1969. 8vo. 191 pp. Frontis. illus. index. Gilt-stamped black buckram dust jacket. Burndy bookplate. Fine. Paul Hamlyn, (1969). hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : BL2804

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Happy Days‎

‎London: Royal Court Theatre 1962. Wrappers. Near fine. Program for the London debut Nov. 1 1962. 8vo. 20 pages. Stapled wrappers. Fine with the gold "First Night" sticker on the front. Inscribed on the cover in ink to the Director of Publicity at New Directions "For Edwin Erbe cordially Samuel Beckett Nov. 1962." Rare signed maybe the only one that's signed and inscribed. An immensely great play but also an immensely strange one so it exasperatingly angers those obsessed with knowing what it means. "It's a most unusual play Feel like throwing my tickets away." -Allan Sherman. Royal Court Theatre unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 428

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎THE LOST ONES‎

‎New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1972. First American edition. Wraps. Very good . 8vo. Printed wraps. Very good plus; mild toning to wraps' edges. Interior bright and clean with hint of toning. Good and sound. 62pp <br/><br/>First Evergreen paperback edition simulatneous with hardcover. A story by Beckett translated from his own original French. Grove Weidenfeld paperback books‎

书商的参考编号 : 18888 ???????? : 039417786X 9780394177861

‎Beckett IFW. I. F.‎

‎The American Civil War: The War Correspondents‎

‎Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton 1993 Cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Alan Sutton hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 4350 ???????? : 075090044x 9780750900447

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎En Attendant Godot‎

‎Paris: Les Editions de Minuit 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First trade edition first printing in the original French. Approaching Near Fine with toning to pages spine and lightly to wraps light soiling and light wear to wraps with light wear to base of spine. Beckett's masterpiece was first composed and published in French and performed in 1953 at the Theatre de Babylone in Paris. It would later be translated into English by Beckett himself. Les Editions de Minuit paperback books‎

书商的参考编号 : 160621001

‎A Beckett Gilbert 1811 1856; John Leech 1817 1864‎

‎The Comic History of Rome‎

‎London: Bradbury Agnew & Co 1852. Octavo. hand-colored frotispiece and nine other hand colored plates pictorial title page in red and black xii 308 pages. In the middle of the 19th century there was a taste for humor with issues of Punch and in books by Lewis Carroll and Gilbert A Beckett which often had symbolical or allegorical overtones. The puns in this volume often bring a hidden delight along with the ten etched engravings by John Leech all of which are handcolored. Cicero Denouncing Cataline is issued as a frontispience instead of at the end of the book. Bound in 3/4 red polished calf over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers all edges marbled raised bands with lettering gilt and compartments fully gilt decorated edges rubbed. A clean bright copy without foxing names or bookplates. Bradbury, Agnew & Co unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 028146

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Waiting for Godot‎

‎Faber and Faber Limited 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Published in London by Faber and Faber Limited in 1956. First UK Edition. Publisher's note tipped in following copyright page. Book near fine except for slight staining on front cover puckering of front and back paste-downs and slight discoloration of front back free endpapers. DJ very good except for darkening and minor wear along top edge flap hinges and spine minor chipping at ends of hinges and rubbing on hinges. Book comes in specially made cloth slip cover. DJ price reads "9s 6d net." Book comes in specially-made cloth slipcase. Faber and Faber Limited hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 010573

‎Gilbert Albert A' Beckett; Illustrated by Cruikshank‎

‎THE COMIC BLACKSTONE Parts I and II‎

‎Philadelphia: Carey and Hart 1844. Very Good binding. Cruikshank. The first two parts of the First American Edition bound together dated 1844 and 1845. Brown ribbed cloth binding rebacked with most of original spine and leather title label laid down. Some foxing rather heavy to preliminaries but scattered and moderate thereafter. Very Good binding. Carey and Hart unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 245664

‎BECKETT Samuel‎

‎Molloy‎

‎Paris: Olympia 1955. paperback. very good. 16mo plain card wrappers with printed color dust wrapper; very light edge-wear Paris: Olympia Press n.d. 1955.<br/><br/> Collection Merlin.<br/><br/> Olympia unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 285411

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Company‎

‎New York: Grove Press 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo. Stated first printing. 63 pp prose piece by the author of All That Fall and End Game. A very good hardbound book with faint pink remainder mark to top edge in very good price-intact dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Grove Press hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 22778

‎Beckett Samuel‎

‎Watt‎

‎Olympia. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Light wear to wraps at edges small puncture to front cover fine internally. Number 489 of 1125 copies. Watt was largely composed while on the run from the Nazis in France from 1942-44. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 046777. Olympia unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 046777

‎Beckett Tom Editor Ralph LaCharity‎

‎Viscerally Five; Letter Poems by Ralph LaCharity‎

‎Kent Ohio: CViscerally Press 1977. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide illustrated stapled wrappers. Fifth issue of Tom Beckett's surprisingly uncommon small press poetry journal. This issue 14 unnumbered leaves is given over to a letter and then poems by Ralph LaCharity. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with cover art by Beckett. Handprinted on the inside front cover is the following: Cover: Tom Beckett Copyright 1977 by the Viscerally Press CViscerally Press paperback books‎

书商的参考编号 : 24344

‎Beckett Tom‎

‎Doors 1 3 for John Cage‎

‎Kent Ohio: Viscerally Press 1980. First edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. Single sheet folded once to form a small booklet. A single poem by Beckett. Very good condition with some age spotting to paper. An uncommon piece of ephemera from this Ohio press. <br/><br/> Viscerally Press unknown books‎

书商的参考编号 : 21553

‎Thackeray William Makepeace Albert Smith Gilbert a Beckett and the Brothers Mayhew. Illustrated by George Cruikshank et al‎

‎COMIC ALMANACK: AN EPHEMERIS IN JEST AND EARNEST CONTAINING MERRY TALES HUMOROUS POETRY QUIPS AND ODDITIES -- FIRST AND SECOND SERIES COMPLETE 19 VOLUMES BOUND IN TWO‎

‎London: John Camden Hotten 1871. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. London: John Camden Hotten 1871. 2 vols. Fold-out frontispiece and many illustrations including several fold-outs. Hardcover. 8vo. Professionally rebacked original gilt-stamped cloth boards. New end leaves. Volume I First Series 1835 - 1843. 388 pp. 32 pp. adverts dated 1871. Frontispiece and many illustrations. Volume II Second Series 1844 - 1853. 428 pp. 32 pp. adverts dated 1871. Corners bumped light rubbing to heel edge; light foxing to frontis title and half-title in volume II. Penultimate leaf of ads in volume two has a 1" tear. Overall quite good. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. John Camden Hotten hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : 35802

‎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

书商的参考编号 : SB013

‎Abbott a Beckett Gilbert; Leech John illus.‎

‎The Comic History of England‎

‎London: Bradbury Evans and Co. n.d. c. 1850. Hardcover. Very Good. Half gilt-ruled green morocco and green cloth gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands a.e.g.; complete set of 2 volumes 8vo; pp. xviii 320; 304; with 20 hand-colored steel-engraved plates 10 in each volume numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text; collates complete. Spines sunned; boards lightly rubbed; corners a little scuffed. Internally bright and clean with plates in excellent condition colors remain true. Armorial bookplate of George Burnham Wells on front paste-down of Volume 1. A handsome set. <br/><br/> Bradbury, Evans, and Co. hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : D14014

‎Denison Christopher Beckett; Messrs. Christie Manson and Woods‎

‎First Portion. Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Pictures Works of Art and Decorative Objects of Christopher Beckett Denison Esq. Deceased late of Upper Grosvenor Street; Which by Order of the Executors Will be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Christie Manson & Woods at Their Great Rooms 8 King Street St. James's Square on Saturday June 6 1885 and Following Days at One o' Clock Precisely. WITH Second Portion. Saturday June 20 1885. WITH Third Portion. Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Works of Art Sculpture Decorative Furniture and Old French Tapestry Silver and Silver-Gilt Plate Jewels and Bijouterie. Tuesday June 30 1885‎

‎London: Messrs. Christie Manson and Woods 1885. Hardcover. Very Good. Half mottled green cloth and printed paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering on spine; small 4to 162 x 255 mm; pp. 2 title-p. conditions of sale 283 plus 33 Woodburytype photographic prints 120 x 192 mm each numbered in pencil on the mount. Three portions of a massive auction bound together by R. S. Buffery of Mortimer Street. Boards rubbed and scuffed mostly along the edges; tidy marginalia in ink throughout usually just recording hammer prices but also some occasional underlining. <br/><br/>Auction catalogue of 3354 lots detailing the extensive art collection of British colonial administrator and Conservative politician Christopher Beckett Denison 1824-1884. Messrs. Christie, Manson, and Woods hardcover books‎

书商的参考编号 : D11315