Patrick Bowles Beckett (8 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Few works of contemporary literature are so universally acclaimed as central to our understanding of the human experience as Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett's famous trilogy. Molloy, the first of these masterpieces, appeared in French in 1951. It was followed seven months later by Malone Dies and two years later by The Unnamable. All three have been rendered into English by the author.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bit of foxing to the edges, with a bit of mild rippling, evidence (perhaps) of being stored in a damp environment BUT WITH THE RARE WRAP AROUND PRINED BAND - almost never seen. Contains the first appearance of Samuel Beckett's short story "The End," as well as an illustrated section The Red Cloth by George Bartholick, a 35 page story told only in pictures. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 2, No. 3. Illustrations by Stanley William Hayter. Tall octavo. Text in English. Printed wrappers. Moderate general wear including several creased page corners and a light vertical spine crease, lower wrap with tanning and soil, sound and near very good. Contains the first appearance of Samuel Beckett's short story "The End," as well as contributions by Italo Svevo, Eugene Ionesco, Patrick Bowles, and others. *F&F* 372. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 2, No. 3. Illustrations by Stanley William Hayter. Tall octavo. Text in English. Printed wrappers. Modest general wear, a tiny chip at the spine base, and lower wrap with a bit of tanning and a short foredge tear, bright and very good or better. Contains the first appearance of Samuel Beckett's short story "The End," as well as contributions by Italo Svevo, Eugene Ionesco, Patrick Bowles, and others. *F&F* 372.…

First U.K. Edition. First Impression (and first translation into English). Octavo (18cm); publisher's white unprinted card wrappers; dustjacket; [7],8-241,[7]pp. Signed by Beckett in blue pen at upper title page. Hint of sunning to wrapper extremities, faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, else internally clean and Near Fine. In the original dustjacket, this one a variant noted by Federman & Fletcher as having the legend "Special Printing for Sale in the U.K. and Commonwealth," underneath which a 12/6 price has been modified by hand; some pinpoint wear to upper and lower edges, light rubbing to spine ends, else Near Fine. The first of three novels in Beckett's mid-20th century Trilogy, written in Paris between 1947-1950, which include Malone Meurt and The L'Innommable. It introduces the vagrant Molloy, mysteriously incarcerated, who escapes and attempts to discover the whereabouts of his mother; the other character, Jacques Moran, is deputized by anonymous authorities and tasked with finding Molloy. An attractive copy of a book typically found well-worn, uncommon signed. Federman & Fletcher 374. 8633.…