Ill Seen Ill Said

by Beckett, Samuel

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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by Beckett, Samuel

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Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Octavo. 45 pages. Limited to 299 signed copies of which this is #105. The book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird and Bull Press. III Seen, Ill Said forming part of Beckett's final trilogy Nohow On, develops the concern of "Ping" and Lessness with understanding the relationship… Read more about this item
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Ill Seen Ill Said

by Samuel Beckett

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1981
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1981
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New York: Grove Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight lightening of the red spine letters.
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1981
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Ill Seen Ill Said.

by Samuel Beckett .

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New York, NY Grove Press: Evergreen, 1981. Paperback First Edition (1981), First Printing, so stated. First Edition (1981), First Printing, so stated. Very Near Fine in Wraps: a hint of toning to the outside edges of the panels; a bit of sunning to the red authorial name and publishers logo at the backstrip (the black titles are bold… Read more about this item
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1982
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Lord John Press, 1982. Special Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Fine presentation copy, one of only 299 specially bound numbered copies and twenty-six lettered copies. Signed by the author on half-title. Housed in custom-made case.
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California: Lord John Press. 1982. Signed limited edition. Signed limited edition. Original blue marbled paper-covered boards, quarter-bound in gilt-ruled blue calf with lettering in gilt to the spine. Designed and printed by Henry Morris and bound by Bela Blau. Set in Bembo to Bugrabutten mouldmade paper, the fore-edges untrimmed. A fine, bright copy, the binding square and firm, the… Read more about this item
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1982
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Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarter blue leather gilt and marbled papercovered boards. Fine. Of a total edition of 299 numbered copies Signed by the author, this is apparently a trial binding and is designated with an asterisk and inscribed by the publisher: " This number * of 299. An odd binding given… Read more about this item
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Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarter leather and marbled papercovered boards. Fine. One of 299 numbered copies Signed by the author. A short novel.
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by Beckett, Samuel

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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,… Read more about this item
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Ill Seen Ill Said

by Samuel Beckett

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1982
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Lord John Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Publisher's copy. Inscribed to the publisher, Herb Yellin, by Beckett on the half-title page. Book in fine condition. There were published: 299 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies specially bound, all signed by the author. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
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by Beckett, Samuel

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1982
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Lord John Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. One of 299 signed limited copies, signed by Samuel Beckett, but this one is unnumbered. Fine condition. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
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Ill Seen, Ill Said

by Samuel Beckett

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1982
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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 1982 1st thus, #154 OF 299 COPIES SIGNED BY SAMUEL BECKETT at the half-title. A pristine copy to boot. Tight and Fine in its lovely marbled boards, with bright gilt-rule and lettering at the panels and spine respectively. Also includes a Fine example of the publisher's mylar dustjacket. Octavo,… Read more about this item
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by BECKETT, Samuel

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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Number 178 of 299 copies with Bembo Type and on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper and designed and printed by Henry Morris with a binding by Bela Blau. A short work of prose from the author of "Waiting for Godot" translated from the French by Beckett. A fine copy… Read more about this item
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Ill Seen Ill Said

by BECKETT, Samuel

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1981
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New York: Grove Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Translated by the author. Endpapers with very faint offsetting, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing.
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by BECKETT, Samuel.

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Northridge, California: Lord John Press,, 1982. Things and imaginings Signed limited edition, number 221 of 299 copies signed by the author on the half-title; originally published as Mal vu mal dit (Paris, 1981) and in Beckett's English translation by Grove Press (New York, 1981). Octavo. Original blue quarter calf, spine lettered in gilt, marbled paper sides, untrimmed. Title page… Read more about this item
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Ill Seen Ill Said

by Samuel Beckett

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by BECKETT, Samuel

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1982
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Northridge: Lord John, 1982. Limited. hardcover. fine. Thin 8vo, leather backed marble boards. Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Number 224 of 299 copies, signed by Beckett on the half-title.<br/> <br/>
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Ill Seen Ill Said

by Beckett, Samuel

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1981
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New York: Grove Press, 1981. 59pp. Ends of spine book & Dj lightly bumped; owner name ffep. 1st Am. Edition. Trans. from French by Author.. 1st Am.. Hb. VG/VG.
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by BECKETT, SAMUEL

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Northridge: Lord John Press, 1982. First Edition Thus. Of an edition of 325 copies signed by the author, Samuel Beckett, this is a special copy with “This is a Presentation Copy” printed on the colophon page and is signed by Samuel Beckett. This copy was presented to author John D. MacDonald and has a Typed Letter Signed from Lord… Read more about this item
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