Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1954. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY SAMUEL BECKETT on the title page. A crisp, lovely copy to boot of the 1954 iconic Grove Press edition, not only the 1st American edition but also the first edition to appear in hardback AND the 1st English language edition (which Beckett himself translated from his native French). Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a beautiful, price-intact ($4.75), Near Fine dustjacket. Indisputably one of the three or four most celebrated plays of the 20th century, a remarkable triumph of existentialist theatre and the highwater mark of even as exalted a literary career as the Nobelist Samuel Beckett's (1906-1989). Very elusive in such lovely condition and signed by the author.
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
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22569
- Title
- Waiting for Godot
- Author
- Samuel Beckett
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- rare drama, rare theatre, rare Samuel Beckett, signed Samuel Beckett, rare signed Samuel Beckett, signed copies of Waiting for Godot
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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