Waiting Godot Tragicomedy Two by Beckett Samuel, First Edition (40 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used - Very Good.

Bon état. 12 6x0 8x19 2cm. 1998. Broché. 96 pages.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand New.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Faber paper covered editions. Physical description: 94p. ; 19cm. Subjects: French drama ; Translations into English. 1 Kg.

paperback. Condition: Used - Good. First Edition. some light wear. edgewear. Very readable copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition; later printing; twenty-sixth. Evergreen E-33. Full page review from "The Sunday Times" on rear cover. Shows $1.45 price. Scraped spine heel. No names or unwanted markings or marginalia.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Faber paper covered editions. Physical description: 94p. ; 19cm. Subjects: French drama ; Translations into English. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cream colored paperback with gold lettering on the spine, in Near Fine condition with sharp corners and no damage. The dust jacket is in very good condition as it has experienced some minor shelf wear.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth As New tall octavo 110pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, Preface by Edward Beckett. Lovely production. In slip-case as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Tom Phillips (illustrator). Preface by Edward Beckett. First edition thus. A bit faded along the spine, else fine in a very good (moderate shelf wear) slipcase. ; 110 pages.

[Drama] FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.94 [2]. Publisher's orange wraps priced at 4s 6d to inner cover. Lightly annotated in pencil throughout. Some faint spotting/mottling to edges. Spine sunned, minor edgewear. Loose leaf of type inserted. Very good. Beckett's monumental drama littered with religious, ethical, philosophical, classical, psychoanalytical and biographical references. Rated by the National Theatre as 'the most significant English language play of the 20th century'.

[Drama] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, second impression. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.94; [2]. Publisher's yellow cloth with red titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Black ink ownership and a bookseller's label to front endpapers. Toning and light spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Jacket is clipped, but shows a printed price; possibly re-priced by the publisher. Moderate toning and general wear to jacket, with heavy tape burns to reverse (tape since removed). Good. Beckett's monumental drama littered with religious, ethical, philosophical, classical, psychoanalytical and biographical references. First published in French in 1952, it is rated by the National Theatre as 'the most significant English language play of the 20th century'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Tom Phillips (illustrator). Preface by Edward Beckett. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 110 pages B000IJNDMK.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition; First Printing. Stated "First Evergreen edition 1956". NO notes, names or ANY markings. ; Photos available. ; 60 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 94 pages, a very good hardback, publisher's original mustard cloth boards, with red lettering to the spine. INCLUDES Publisher's Note bound in after the copyright page alluding to cuts to the play after leaving The Arts Theatre and transferring to The Criterion Theatre to satisfy The Lord Chamberlain. Tightly bound and clean throughout, although endpapers are lightly foxed.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Publisher's original mustard cloth boards, red titles to spine. Some light staining to boards. Plain endpapers. Prior owner's name in ink to fep. Publisher's note inserted after the copyright page alluding to cuts to the play after leaving The Arts Theatre and transferring to The Criterion Theatre to satisfy The Lord Chamberlain. No jacket. First UK edition of one of the most important plays of the 20th Century. Preceded by Beckett's original French version ("En attendant Godot", 1952) and a New York edition, 1954, the present edition is the first to publish the play as performed in London in 1955, its English-language premiere, with the alterations to comply with censorship of British theatres.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. Second impression of the first UK edition, published in February 1956 (the same month as the first), preceded by Beckett's original French version "En Attendant Godot" published by Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris in 1952, and an American edition published by Grove Press, New York in 1954. ***The UK edition was the first to publish the play as performed in London in 1955, its English-language premiere, with the alterations to comply with censorship of British theatres, as noted in the publisher's note which is printed at the beginning of the book (the first impression had this note tipped in to the book on a separate sheet). ***Near fine in yellow cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine. The cloth is beautifully clean and unmarked, having been protected by the dustwrapper. No significant creases or bumps - just very slight creasing to the top corner tips of the boards. The top edge of the page block is slightly foxed, but the other edges are clean. Internally, the book is also near fine, with a neat contemporaneous gift inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. The interior pages are really clean, with no foxing and no annotations. None of the usual offsetting to the endpapers. There is a small fold crease to the top corner of p.29/30 - otherwise no creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine monochrome-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 9s 6d net (most copies of the second impression have been price-clipped by the publisher with a revised printed price of 10s 6d net). The dustwrapper is only slightly rubbed and scuffed at the extremities, mainly at the top of the spine. No significant creases or tears, and no chips. The back panel of the dustwrapper is unusually clean, with just a very small stain near the spine. The spine of the dustwrapper is also very clean - just slightly browned and marked. Dustwrapper bright. ***210mm x 130mm. 94 pages. ***'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).' ***'"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). ***A second impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original first-state dustwrapper, in beautiful collector's condition. Early impression copies of this most famous work are seldom found now in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British Edition, Second Impression, in same year as first. A Fine copy in soft goldenrod cloth stamped in dull red at spine, in a Near Fine first issue dustwrapper (with "9s 6d" on front flap). Mild offset to front free endpaper. One short closed tear top front panel of jacket, and tiny loss to crown. 94pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second printing. Yellow cloth lettered in red. Very slightly cocked, else fine. Dust jacket a trifle worn at corners and head of spine. Still an eminently collectible copy of the greatest play of the 20th century.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British Edition, Second Impression, in same year as first. A Fine copy in soft goldenrod cloth stamped in dull red at spine, in a Near Fine first issue dustwrapper (with "9s 6d" on front flap). Mild offset to front free endpaper. One short closed tear top front panel of jacket, and tiny loss to crown. 94pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece. Q17878.

First UK edition, first impression, translated from the original French by Beckett himself. The publisher's tipped-in notice explains that this edition was subject to occasional textual deletions by the Lord Chamberlain and uses the version of the text as performed at the Criterion Theatre from 12 September 1955. The unexpurgated text was not published in the UK until 1965. Beckett's translation was first published in New York by the Groves Press in 1954. The premiere of En attendant Godot (1952) on 5 January 1953 at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris, "was responsible for Beckett's rise to worldwide fame, as the play rapidly became an object of intense international interest and controversy" (ODNB). The English theatrical premiere took place on 3 August 1955 at the Arts Theatre, London. Federman & Fletcher 373.1. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Publisher's notice tipped in at front. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Bump to spine foot, foxing to edges and endpapers, partial browning of free endpapers, text clean; jacket unclipped, spine toned, occasional nick and crease, faint spots on verso: a very good copy in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Yellow cloth titled in orange. First printing. Boards faintly askew and slightly bowed. Offset/darkening to endpages else tight, square and unmarked. Trace scuffing/rubbing to cloth. Publisher's note tipped in. The DJ in mylar is lightly edgeworn/nicked, tiny bit of foxing and some darkening to top edge of flaps. Price 9s 6d to flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

First U.K. edition. Octavo. 94 pages. Tipped in is the small printed slip regarding the requirements of the Lord Chamberlain.Small address label on front free endpaper. Some spotting to endpapers. Very good in very good, very slightly nicked dustwrapper with some rubbing to edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST UK EDITION. First impression. 8vo. (8.3 x 5 inches). Complete with the Publishers note slip tipped in to the first leaf after the copyright page. Some very light spotting to the first coupld lf pages but generally a clean and bright copy throughout. Finely bound in full black Morocco leather with gilt lettering to the spine. Gilt ruled border on boards. Top edge gilt.

First UK Edition. Octavo. A pleasing, unsophisticated copy of Beckett's masterpiece, complete with Publisher's Note tipped-in after title page, referring to passages censored by the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Typical toning to endpapers, else a near fine copy in mustard cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Some rubbing to extremities of unclipped photo-illustrated jacket, else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black blind stamped boards with title/author in silver and the publisher's name in gilt. Original price unclipped ($4.75) Previous owner's name on front end paper in pencil. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Text is free of any markings. Binding is tight. Very nice copy. Includes an assortment of original newspaper reviews.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. (Correct first in the English language as well.) Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Fore edge has a few small light stains. Bright spine lettering and clean internally: no marks or signs of ownership. Jacket toned, as is typical, and lightly worn along edges with a tiny stain to front panel, creased near top of back panel, price intact ($4.75). A great copy of the acclaimed absurdist play.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. VG+ in a VG- DJ. Inside flap of the DJ has browning from a newspaper clipping. Light sunning to the dj spine, and the top inch and a half of the rear panel. DJ has very minimal edgewear. Two pages of photographs. 60 pp. 5" X 8 1/2". Red endpapers, black cloth, silver and gold letters on the spine.