Waiting for Godot
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First UK edition. Gold cloth with bright red lettering to spine. Spine head slightly softened. Glue darkened/puckering of paper to endpages. Publisher's note tipped in following copyright page. Unmarked, sharp-cornered. The unclipped jacket in mylar slightly chipped at spine ends and rubbed at spine edge. Jacket price reads 9s 6d net. A tight square unmarked copy in unclipped jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17250
- Title
- Waiting for Godot
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
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