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ILL SEEN ILL SAID
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. Fine.. Signed limited first edition of the author's own translation of his short novel. ILL SEEN ILL SAID is a spare stream-of-consciousness portrait of a solitary old woman, first published in French as MAL VU MAL DIT in 1981 and later collected with two other short pieces in NOHOW ON. Handsomely bound, a nearly untouched copy. 8'' x 6''. Original marbled blue boards with gilt-lettered blue leather spine. 46, [3] pages. Edition of 299 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies; this copy no. 81. Designed and printed by Henry Morris for the Lord John Press on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper. Binding by Bela Blau. Signed by Beckett on half-title page. Minimal edgewear.
Synopsis
Ill Seen Ill Said is a short novel by Samuel Beckett. It was first published in French as Mal vu mal dit in 1981, and was then translated in English by the author in 1982. Together with Company and Worstward Ho, it was collected in the volume Nohow On in 1989.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50672
- Title
- ILL SEEN ILL SAID
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge, CA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 20th century,1980s,In Translation,Modernism,Limited Edition
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