BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 36 works by or about Beckett, including signed copies and French editions, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine.
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BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 36 works by or about Beckett, including signed copies and French editions, including:
Murphy. Paris: Bordas, 1947 [but 1954]. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. --Molloy Malone Dies the Unnamable. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. The Traveller's Companion series. -- Proust. London, 1931. -- Imagination Dead Imagine. London, 1965. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, unnumbered one of 100 copies, SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- Eh Joe and Other Writings. London, 1967. (Clipped.) SIGNED BY BECKETT. --Not I. London, 1973. SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- Mercier and Camier. Paris, 1970. In original glassine. LIMITED EDITION, number 82 of 92 copies. -- Another copy. London, 1974. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT. --Lessness. London, 1970. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY BECKETT. -- Fin de partie. Paris, 1957. FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- Nouvelles et Textes pour rien. Paris, 1958. LIMITED EDITION, number 179 of 2000 copies. -- And 25 others. Together, 36 works in 36 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, all in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
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