Irish Literature from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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Compagnie
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1980
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,385.28
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Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980 Translated from the original English by the author. First French trade edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel Gussow / With all good wishes / Sam Beckett / Paris / July 1982." Publisher's original white wrappers, front wrapper and spine lettered in blue… Read more about this item Item Price
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Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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A$923.52
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London: Faber and Faber, 1984 First edition thus. Presentation copy, inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel / from his friend / Sam / Paris / July 1985." Publisher's original green, white, and gray patterned wrappers, with illustration of Beckett by Sue Linney to front wrapper, lettered in black and green. Near fine, with a few… Read more about this item Item Price
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Catastrophe et autres dramaticules (Cette fois, Solo, Berceuse, Impromptu d'Ohio)
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,154.40
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Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel Gussow / With all good wishes / Sam Beckett / 24.6.83." Publisher's original white wrappers, front wrapper and spine lettered in blue and black. About fine, with just some light toning to spine and edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,154.40
Samhain: An Occasional Review
by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler) [Editor]
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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A$2,693.60
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Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker and T. Fisher Unwin, 1901 - 1908 7 volumes. Volumes 3 - 7 illustrated with frontispieces. Publisher's brown wrappers, printed in black. Near fine set, with some small closed tears and creasing to edges of wrappers, light chipping to spine ends of Vol. 1, "The City College" bookplate to insides of front wrappers, and uncut… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proust
by Beckett, Samuel; [Gussow, Mel]
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- Used - Fine
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- First Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$3,078.40
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New York: Grove Press, [1957] (originally published in 1931), 1981 First American edition. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Beckett on the limitation page, this being number 76. Publisher's brown cloth-backed white patterned paper-covered boards, with front board and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine and upper edges of boards, and just a… Read more about this item Item Price
A$3,078.40
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Fine
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- 1981
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,924.00
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London: Faber and Faber [orig. published 1956], 1981 Later edition. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett on title page: "For Mel / With all good wishes / from Sam / Paris / 29.8.84." Publisher's white wrappers, with a drawing of a tree and hand by Sidney Nolan on front wrapper, printed in black. About fine, with just a hint… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,924.00
Worstward Ho
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Fine
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,462.24
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London: John Calder, 1983 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to American theater critic Mel Gussow on title page: "For / Mel Gussow / With all best wishes / Sam Beckett / Paris / 24.6.83." Publisher's green cloth, with titles in gilt to spine; in its original white and green dust jacket, printed in black… Read more about this item Item Price
A$1,462.24
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (The First Volume; The Second Volume; The Last Volume)
by Swift, Jonathan; Pope, Alexander.
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$461.76
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London: Printed for Benjamin Motte, 1727-1728. Three volumes. First edition thus, with a preface by Swift and Pope. Contemporary full brown calf, spines lettered in gilt, red labels to spines, and red speckled edges. Good set, with heavy flaking to calf, spine ends lightly chipped, some wear to corners, some rubbing to edges, a bit of loss to spine label… Read more about this item Item Price
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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts
by Swift, Jonathan
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1726
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$6,926.40
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London: Printed for Benj. Motte, 1726 Illustrated with two maps in Volume I, and three maps and a diagram in Volume 2. Four parts in two volumes as issued. First edition, third issue (Teerink's "B" Edition), with frontispiece portrait of Gulliver in the second state (legend lettered around an oval frame, and vertical chain lines), as usual. This is the… Read more about this item Item Price
A$6,926.40
Waiting for Godot, a Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Used - Fine
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- First Edition
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$5,387.20
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New York: Grove Press, 1954 Translated from author's own original French. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth, with wraparound title in blind, spine lettered in gold and silver foil, red endpapers; in its original black and white dust jacket, with a photograph from a production of the play to front panel, and portrait of Beckett to rear panel.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$5,387.20
Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1922
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- Paperback
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New York, New York, USA
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A$69,264.00
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Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922 First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. The 1000 copies were divided into three limitations: 100 copies (nos. 1-100) printed on Dutch paper and signed by Joyce; 150 copies (nos. 101-250) printed on Vergé d'Arches paper; and the final 750 copies (nos. 251-1000) printed on linen paper, of which this is number 349. Original publisher's teal… Read more about this item Item Price
A$69,264.00
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The Winding Stair
by Yeats, William Butler
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$4,232.80
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New York: The Fountain Press; London: Chatto & Windus, 1929 First edition, first printing. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the author on the half-title. Publisher's dark blue cloth, with gold spiral patterns stamped in gilt to the boards, spine lettered in gilt with two red morocco labels, top edge gilt, fore-edges and bottom edges uncut, purple endpapers flecked… Read more about this item Item Price
A$4,232.80
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A Vision: An Explanation of Life Founded upon the Writings of Giraldus and upon Certain Doctrines Attributed to Kusta Ben Luka.
by Yeats, William Butler
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Dust Jacket Included
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$2,693.60
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London: T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., 1925 With frontispiece by Giraldus, and with two woodcut designs of The Great Wheel and a unicorn by Edmund Dulac. One of 600 copies, numbered and signed by Yeats, this being number 596. Publisher's pale blue paper boards with parchment half-binding with white paper label, pale blue endpapers matching binding, all edges untrimmed; pale blue… Read more about this item Item Price
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Seven Poems and a Fragment
by Yeats, William Butler
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1922
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$3,463.20
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Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1922 First edition, first impression. One of 500 copies. Signed and inscribed by Yeats: "W. B. Yeats. Jan 14, 1924." to title page. Publisher's quarter buff linen cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in black to front board, gray endpapers, edges untrimmed. A very good copy with some toning and wear to extremities, paper slightly rubbed… Read more about this item Item Price
A$3,463.20
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift
by Swift, Jonathan
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1808
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- Hardcover
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New York, New York, USA
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A$2,308.80
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London: for J. Johnson, 1808 19 volumes. 8vo., bound in contemporary three-quarter dark calf over blue boards with gilt spines, marbled pastedown and endpapers. A very good to near fine set with light rubbing and a few small stains to covers; internally very tight and clean with only some light scattered foxing, mostly to the preliminary pages of text. A… Read more about this item Item Price
A$2,308.80