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Proust
by Beckett, Samuel; [Gussow, Mel]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, [1957] (originally published in 1931), 1981 First American edition. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Beckett on the limitation page, this being number 76. Publisher's brown cloth-backed white patterned paper-covered boards, with front board and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine and upper edges of boards, and just a hint of spotting to rear board. Overall, a beautiful copy, seemingly unread. From the personal library of American theater critic and friend of Beckett, Mel Gussow. Proust, Beckett's second published book, is a dense study of the French author Marcel Proust, which gives insight into Beckett's own burgeoning ideas on writing. Beckett wrote the essay in 1930 as a commission for Chatto & Windus' Dolphin Books series. In all, fourteen titles were published in the series, which only ran from 1930 to 1932. Beckett went on to write classic works like The Trilogy (Molloy; Malone Dies; The Unnamable) (1951-1953), Endgame (1957), and his most celebrated piece, Waiting for Godot (1953). He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included.
Synopsis
Beckett's existentialist play portrays two men who are trapped in endless waiting for the arrival of someone named Godot. They spend their time bantering and conjecturing and trying to anticipate the time and method of arrival. "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful?"
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- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB028
- Title
- Proust
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel; [Gussow, Mel]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Grove Press, [1957] (originally published in 1931)
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century Literature; Drama; British Literature; French Literature; Irish Literature;
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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