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rif. SB028 — New York: Grove Press 1957 originally published in 1931 1981 First American edition. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Beckett on the limitation page this being number 76. Publisher's brown cloth-backed white patterned paper-covered boards with front board and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine with light toning to spine and upper edges of boards and just a hint of spotting to rear board. Overall a beautiful copy seemingly unread. From the personal library of American theater critic and friend of Beckett Mel Gussow. Proust Beckett's second published book is a dense study of the French author Marcel Proust which gives insight into Beckett's own burgeoning ideas on writing. Beckett wrote the essay in 1930 as a commission for Chatto & Windus' Dolphin Books series. In all fourteen titles were published in the series which only ran from 1930 to 1932. Beckett went on to write classic works like The Trilogy Molloy; Malone Dies; The Unnamable 1951-1953 Endgame 1957 and his most celebrated piece Waiting for Godot 1953. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. New York: Grove Press, [1957] (originally published in 1931) hardcover books