SAMUEL BECKETT’S FIRST BOOK
Whoroscope. [A Poem]
Paris: The Hours Press, 1930. First edition, signed issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Samuel Beckett;... Read More about Whoroscope. [A Poem
Price: $6,500
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The Pleader's Guide, A Didactic Poem, in two books Containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, With the Arguments...
Dublin: Richard EDwrad Mercier, 1797. First Irrish Edition. Read More about The Pleader's Guide, A Didactic Poem, in two books Containing the Conduct of a Suit at Law, With...
Price: $350
Creatures.
New York: Macmillan, 1930. First editon, Deluxe Issue, Number 202 of 300 copies, signed by the author and artist. Read More about Creatures
Price: $250
MEMOIR OF LADY MARY ARUNDELL, WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
MEMOIR AND LETTERS OF LADY MARY ARUNDELL, With Photographic Illustrations. By the Very Rev. Joseph Hirst, President of Ratcliffe College...
Leicester: Ratcliffe College, 1894. First edition. MEMOIR OF LADY MARY ARUNDELL, WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. "Lady Mary Anne Grenville Nugent Temple, the subject of this Memoir, was the only daughter of George, second Earl Temple, and first Marquess of Buckingham, by his wife Mary Elizabeth, Baroness Nugent, daughter and heiress of..... Read More about MEMOIR AND LETTERS OF LADY MARY ARUNDELL, With Photographic Illustrations. By the Very Rev....
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Signed by Beckett
Photograph of the author, Signed.
[1965]. Signed by Beckett. Read More about Photograph of the author, Signed
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Beckett directs Godot, 1984
Portrait photograph of Samuel Beckett, title inscription by photographer at bottom, “Samuel Beckett directs ‘Waiting for Godot’, Riverside Studio, London...
[Ballydehob, Co. Cork, Ireland: 1984]. Beckett directs Godot, 1984. A pensive Beckett, pencil in hand at his forehead, looks downward at a notebook. John Minihan photographed Samuel Beckett frequently in the 1980s, in café settings and formal portraits, and as here, while at work on the 1984 production of Waiting..... Read More about Portrait photograph of Samuel Beckett, title inscription by photographer at bottom, “Samuel...
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Beckett's Bums.
[London]: Privately Printed [by the Shenval Press], 1960. One of 70 copies “printed and distributed for the friends of T. E. H[anley]" Tindall was a Professor of English at Columbia at the time of this publication on Beckett's “semblables”. Read More about Beckett's Bums
Price: $150
Inscribed
All That Fall.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, (1957). First American edition. Inscribed. First American edition. Slim octavo. 59pp. A bit of faint offsetting on the rear endpapers else fine in a fine dust jacket with the spine lettering faintly sunned. Briefly Inscribed by Beckett on the title page: "For Dan Pope from..... Read More about All That Fall
Price: $5,000
An Anthology of Mexican Poetry. Translated by Samuel Beckett. Compiled by Octavio Paz. Preface by C. M. Bowra.
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana, 1958. First Edition. Read More about An Anthology of Mexican Poetry. Translated by Samuel Beckett. Compiled by Octavio Paz. Preface by...
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Inscribed
assez.
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, [1966]. First edition, #305 of 450 copies. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page, "for William & Roslyn bien amicalement Sam. Beckett". Roslyn Targ (1925-2017), was Beckett's literary agent. Her husband, William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own..... Read More about assez
Price: $750
With inscription from Beckett
The Beckett Country. Samuel Beckett's Ireland.
Dublin: Black Cat Press in association with Faber and Faber, [1986]. First trade edition. With inscription from Beckett. With a slip mounted to f.f.e.p. inscribed, "For Bill [Targ] from Sam March 1987". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions;..... Read More about The Beckett Country. Samuel Beckett's Ireland
Price: $450
bing.
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, [1966]. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 73 of 112 copies reserved for publisher of 550 copies on Rives from an edition of 762 (there were 100 hors commerce and 112 reserved for the publisher). Read More about bing
Price: $225
To Jean Demélier
Collection of 6 autograph postcards signed and 1 autograph letter signed ("Sam"), to Jean [Demélier].
Paris: 1970-73. To Jean Demélier. A group of brief responses to his friend, the French writer Jean Demélier (b.1940), thanking him for his letters, mentioning travel plans, arranging meetings, etc. In the note dated 5-11-70, Beckett punningly congratulates Demélier on his soon to be published first novel, Le Rêve de..... Read More about Collection of 6 autograph postcards signed and 1 autograph letter signed ("Sam"), to...
Price: $2,500
Inscribed
Comédie et actes divers.
Paris: Les éditions de minuit, [1966]. #68 of 80 copies printed on pur fil Lafuma. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page: "for Bill & Roslyn in friendship from Sam". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was also..... Read More about Comédie et actes divers
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Compagnie.
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, [1980]. First trade edition. Inscribed on the title page to Bill and Roslyn Targ. William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn Targ..... Read More about Compagnie
Price: $500
Endgame. A Play in One Act followed by Act Without Words. A Mime for One Player.
New York: Grove Press, Inc, (1958). First American edition, clothbound trade issue. First American edition, clothbound trade issue. Translated from the French by the author. Octavo. 92pp. Full cloth. Binding is very slightly tanned at base and crown of spine, else a near fine, bright copy, in publisher's near fine..... Read More about Endgame. A Play in One Act followed by Act Without Words. A Mime for One Player
Price: $12,500
Inscribed
"Equisse radiophonique" in Minuit No 5.
Paris: September 1973. Number 13 of 50 copies. Inscribed. Inscribed by Beckett at his contribution, "for Bill [Targ] from Sam". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was also a noted bibliophile and Beckett collector. His wife Roslyn..... Read More about "Equisse radiophonique" in Minuit No 5
Price: $500
Footfalls.
London: Faber and Faber, [1976]. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Read More about Footfalls
Price: $250
ONE OF 100 SIGNED COPIES, ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED
Imagination Dead Imagine...translated from the French by the author.
London: Calder and Boyars, [1965]. Number 11 of 100 copies signed by the author. ONE OF 100 SIGNED COPIES, ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED. Additionally inscribed on title-page "For/ Bill & Roslyn/ their friend/ Sam." William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions;..... Read More about Imagination Dead Imagine...translated from the French by the author
Price: $1,500
Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable A Trilogy.
Paris: The Traveller's Companion No. 71, [1959]. First Edition. Read More about Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable A Trilogy
Price: $400
One of 100 signed, additionally inscribed
More Pricks Than Kicks.
London: Calder & Boyars, [1970]. Number 90 of 100 copies, specially bound and signed by the author. One of 100 signed, additionally inscribed. One of 100 copies signed by Beckett, additionally inscribed, "for Bill & Roslyn with all good wishes from Sam". William Targ (1907-1999), was head of Putnam's before..... Read More about More Pricks Than Kicks
Price: $2,000
First issue wrappers, inscribed to Bill and Roslyn Targ
Murphy.
Paris: Bordas, 1947. First French edition, first issue, one approximately 250 copies in the Bordas wrappers. First issue wrappers, inscribed to Bill and Roslyn Targ. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page, "For William & Roslyn Targ/ with all good wishes/ Samuel Beckett." Beckett's first novel, written in English and originally..... Read More about Murphy
Price: $4,000
Inscribed to the Targs
Murphy.
Paris: Bordas / Éditions de Minuit, 1947 [but 1954]. First edition in French, second issue. Inscribed to the Targs. First French edition, second issue. Inscribed on the title page, "For William & Roslyn Targ with all good wishes Sam Beckett." Beckett's first novel, written in English and originally published in..... Read More about Murphy
Price: $3,500
Nohow On.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1989. Ryman, Robert. Edition limited to 550 numbered copies signed by Beckett and Ryman. Read More about Nohow On
Price: $2,750
Inscribed
pas moi.
Paris: Les éditions de minuit, [1975]. First edition, number 58 of 150 copies. Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page, "for William Targ & Roslyn very cordially Sam. Beckett". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was also a...... Read More about pas moi
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Inscribed
sans.
[Paris]: Les éditions de minuit, [1969]. First edition, number 109 of 550 copies (of 742 total). Inscribed. Inscribed on the title page, "for William & Roslyn Targ from Samuel Beckett". William Targ (1907-1999), was an editor and then head of Putnam's before founding his own imprint, Targ Editions; he was..... Read More about sans
Price: $750