Waiting Godot Tragicomedy Two by Beckett Samuel, Signed (5 results)

Original-Pappband. Condition: Zufriedenstellend. dem unsigniertem Buch liegt eine Karte bei signiert mit Widmung, Ort und Datum (Berlin sept 67 ) von dem irischen Schriftsteller und Nobelpreisträger Samuel Beckett (1906-89).leichte Gebrauchsspuren, etwas bestossen. with card signed by author 0 Size: 8°. Buch.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Minus. 1st Edition Thus.- 1st printing of Revised and Unexpurgated Reprint Edition (1965). SIGNED by Samuel Beckett on a small plain white decal affixed to title page (signature only). 94 pages. light rubbing and edge wear to DJ. Price present on DJ flap (13 Shillings, 6 Pence); mylar protected. Laid-in (not attached) is a card SIGNED and inscribed by ALAN SCHNEIDER - Beckett''s favorite American director. Laid-in is photocopy of handwritten signed thank you note from Beckett to seller dated 1981. Also comes with the original 1989 New York Times appreciation article after his dead entitled "An Intimate Look at Beckett the Man". Nice copy of the Beckett classic play. (Bonus: Also comes with three unsigned Beckett books: three Grove softcover copies- "Rockaby"; "Poems in English"; and "Ends and Odds"). Note: No International orders for this item. NOTE: No International orders for this volumn--domestic only. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUTHOR SIGNATURE.

First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Translated by Beckett from the original French.ĀHoused in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. āOne of the most influential plays of the post-war periodā and a central document of the Absurdist school, Waiting for Godot earned Beckett worldwide acclaim (Drabble, 1038). āBeckettās work invented an entirely new theatrical language, palpable and comprehensible images of the absurd, and unforgettable metaphors of the human conditionā (Hollier, 1010). "One of the true masterpieces of the century" (Clive Barnes, The New York Times).

First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dr. Murray with all good wishes Samuel Beckett Paris July 1981." From the library of Irish book collector Dr. Philip Murray, author of The Adventures of a Book Collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light rubbing to the spine. Translated by Beckett from the original French.ĀHoused in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Beckett. āOne of the most influential plays of the post-war periodā and a central document of the Absurdist school, Waiting for Godot earned Beckett worldwide acclaim (Drabble, 1038). āBeckettās work invented an entirely new theatrical language, palpable and comprehensible images of the absurd, and unforgettable metaphors of the human conditionā (Hollier, 1010). "One of the true masterpieces of the century" (Clive Barnes, The New York Times).

First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Michael Curtis, Sam. Beckett. London, June '79". The recipient was Dr Michael Curtis, a correspondent whom the playwright had invited to view a technical rehearsal for Happy Days on 4 June during the rerun at Royal Court Theatre. Curtis (1922-2002) was a London-based medical practitioner who befriended Beckett while collecting a substantial library of 20th-century literature, including many signed and inscribed copies. Beckett's own English translation of En attendant Godot (1952) was first published by the Grove Press in New York in 1954. The publisher's tipped-in notice explains that this first UK 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. The play premiered on 5 January 1953 at the Théātre de Babylone, Paris. "The extraordinary success of this first production in French 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-language theatrical premiere took place on 3 August 1955 at the Arts Theatre, London. This copy later passed into the theatre collection of Clive Hirschhorn (b. 1940), who spent decades as the Sunday Express's film and theatre critic and whose various histories of Hollywood include The Warner Bros. Story (1978) and The Hollywood Musical (1981). Hirschhorn's ownership inscription is pencilled on the front pastedown. Octavo. Original yellow cloth, spine lettered in red. With dust jacket. Housed in custom black cloth folding box. Partial browning of free endpapers; bright, unclipped jacket with minor rubbing and single nick: a fine copy in like jacket.