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Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good ++/Very Good+
- Seller
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Faber, 1956. First Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++/Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition 1956. This is the true first UK (British) edition, first printing (with "First published in England in mcmlvi stated on the copyright page, and with no later printings listed). The Publisher's Note is tipped in after the copyright page as required for the true first printing. Book is very good++ and quite bright. Contents good. Endpapers darkened. The wrapper is very good+ and bright with light rubbing to edges. Spine age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16514
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
- Lasting Words Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023093
- Title
- Waiting for Godot
- Author
- Samuel Beckett
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Lasting Words Ltd
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Northampton, Northamptonshire
About Lasting Words Ltd
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- Rubbing
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- Tipped In
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Copyright page
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