BECKETT, Samuel. A group of 22 Limited and English editions, most published in London, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, condition generally fine.
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BECKETT, Samuel (1906-1989). A group of 22 Limited and English editions, including:
Endgame. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- From an Abandoned Work. Faber and Faber, 1958. -- Another copy. -- Imagination Dead Imagine. Calder and Boyars, 1965. --For to End Yet Again and Other Fizzles. John Calder, 1976. -- Beckett, translator. Drunken Boat A Translation of Arthur Rimbaud's poem Le Bateau ivre. Reading: Whiteknights Press, 1976. LIMITED EDITION, number 128 of 300 copies. -- All Strange Away. John Calder, 1979. -- As the Story was Told Uncollected and Late Prose. John Calder et al, 1990. -- Dream of Fair to Middling Women. Dublin: The Black Cat Press, 1992. -- Eleutheria. NY: Foxrock, Inc., 1995. -- KNOWLSON, James. Samuel Beckett: An Exhibition held at Reading University Library. Turret Books, 1971. LIMITED ISSUE, number 49 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY BECKETT. -- And 11 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, most published in London, various folio and 8vo sizes, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS or FIRST ENGLISH EDITIONS, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.
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