Published by Citizens' Advisory Committee for the Seattle Zoo, 1970
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Ed. varia pagination. quarto paperback in plastic comb binding. minor cover wear, light wear to book edges, binding solid and strong, interior text clean.
Published by Alice Jane Lougee; The English Bookshop, Paris, 1954
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 95.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. George Bartholick (illustrator). First Edition. Merlin vol. 2 #3, Summer/Autumn 1954. One of just seven issues of this very scarce journal edited by Trocchi. Includes first printings of a short story by Svevo, a play by Ionesco, a long suite of illustrations in red and black by Bartholick and, most notably, the novella 'The End' by Beckett, preceding its publication in French (Nouvelles, 1955) and 13 years before it appeared in book form in English [in No's Knife, 1967]. Both this translation and that published in No's Knife are credited to Richard Seaver in collaboration with the author, but there are substantial textual differences. The version found in Merlin has never been reprinted. A VG copy in the original green card wraps. Minor bumping and rubbing at head of spine, but clean and sound.