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En attendant Godot.: Pièce en deux actes.
by BECKETT, Samuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit,, 1952. Ils ne bougent pas True first edition, first printing, number 19 of 35 copies on vélin supérieur, here with the original wrappers bound into a particularly elegant binding by Pierre Lucien Martin, one of the best respected French binders of the century. This is only the second copy we have handled. The original French text was composed between 9 October 1948 and 29 January 1949, although the full theatrical premiere was not until 5 January 1953, at the Théâtre de Babylone, Paris. Beckett's translation into English, Waiting for Godot, premiered in London in 1955 and was published that same year. Octavo. Finely bound in blue morocco by P. L. Martin (184 x 115 mm), with the original wrappers bound in, spine and sides decorated in gilt and blue, spine lettered in gilt direct, blue endpapers, all edges gilt. In matching slipcase, morocco entry with blue paper sides. A fine copy inside and out. Federman & Fletcher 259.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165639
- Title
- En attendant Godot.
- Author
- BECKETT, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit,
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
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