BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). En attendant Godot. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1952. FIRST TRADE EDITION OF BECKETT'S FIRST-PUBLISHED AND MOST FAMOUS PLAY. One of 2,500 copies.
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BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). En attendant Godot. Paris: Éditions de Minuit, 1952.
8vo. Original wrappers printed in blue and black, uncut (a few tiny pinholes, spine toned, slightly leaned, tiny separation to foot of lower joint). Provenance: Leidsche Straat (small bookseller's label lower cover).
FIRST TRADE EDITION OF BECKETT'S FIRST-PUBLISHED AND MOST FAMOUS PLAY. One of 2,500 copies printed of Beckett's tragicomedy, a post-World War II existential play belonging solidly to the tradition of the "Theatre of the Absurd." Federman & Fletcher 259.
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