BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Poems in English. London: John Calder, 1961. FIRST TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT.
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BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). Poems in English. London: John Calder, 1961.
8vo. Original teal cloth, gilt-lettered on spine; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket (slight toning and rubbing to spine, a few small stains). Provenance: George and Jean (presentation inscription from the author).
FIRST TRADE EDITION, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT on title-page: "For George and Jean, affectionately from Sam, Paris June 1962." Poems in English includes "those poems written in the English language which the author is willing to have preserved," as well as poems written in French and translated by Beckett himself "together with the original texts" (front flap). The work includes: "Whoroscope," "Echo's Bones," "Two Poems," and "Quatre Poèmes." Federman & Fletcher 40.
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