Waiting Godot Tragicomedy Two by Samuel Beckett, First Edition (36 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Used - Very Good.

paperback. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Brand New.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

paperback. Condition: Used - Good. First Edition. some light wear. edgewear. Very readable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Pictorial boards with green endpapers, in a matching green slipcase. Preface by Edward Beckett, and illustrations by Tom Phillips. ; 110 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Phillips, Tom (illustrator). First Thus. 1st edition thus in this Folio Society edition, 4to, 110pp, preface Edward Beckett; illustrations Tom Phillips; sl fade to spine o/w VG+ Copy in VG+ Slipcase Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Yellow boards and spine, the latter lettered in red; rear panel with mould spots; rear panel and flap of jacket similarly afflicted. Internally 'Publisher's note' in tact. Clean contents until rear end papers badly affected. just affecting page 94 and last blank. Not smelly.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Impression. 1956, second impression. 94pp. 'Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful!' Publisher's yellow/tan cloth with red titles to spine. Previous owner's name to top of FFEP. Top edge slightly dusty. Unclipped dust jacket has wear to edges and loss to the spine - 5.5cm to the bottom and a little to the top. A few tears repaired on reverse with magic tape.

Softcover. First Edition; Sixth Printing. Very Good in wraps.

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition; First Printing. Stated "First Evergreen edition 1956". NO notes, names or ANY markings. ; Photos available. ; 60 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition.

1st edition hardback in decorated cloth As New tall octavo 110pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, Preface by Edward Beckett. Lovely production. In slip-case as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Tom Phillips (illustrator). Preface by Edward Beckett. First edition thus. A bit faded along the spine, else fine in a very good (moderate shelf wear) slipcase. ; 110 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Blake, Quentin (illustrator). First Edition Thus. First printing thus, slipcased hardcover, the book has a mild lean to the binding, and slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners. Overall, this is a bright, clean, Very Good+ copy in a like slipcase, which has a touch of wear to the corners, and some light rubbing to the panels. Wrapped in publisher's glassine wraps.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Tom Phillips (illustrator). Preface by Edward Beckett. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 110 pages B000IJNDMK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Publisher's original mustard cloth boards, red titles to spine. Some light staining to boards. Plain endpapers. Prior owner's name in ink to fep. Publisher's note inserted after the copyright page alluding to cuts to the play after leaving The Arts Theatre and transferring to The Criterion Theatre to satisfy The Lord Chamberlain. No jacket. First UK edition of one of the most important plays of the 20th Century. Preceded by Beckett's original French version ("En attendant Godot", 1952) and a New York edition, 1954, the present edition is the first to publish the play as performed in London in 1955, its English-language premiere, with the alterations to comply with censorship of British theatres.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. Second impression of the first UK edition, published in February 1956 (the same month as the first), preceded by Beckett's original French version "En Attendant Godot" published by Les Éditions de Minuit, Paris in 1952, and an American edition published by Grove Press, New York in 1954. ***The UK edition was the first to publish the play as performed in London in 1955, its English-language premiere, with the alterations to comply with censorship of British theatres, as noted in the publisher's note which is printed at the beginning of the book (the first impression had this note tipped in to the book on a separate sheet). ***Near fine in yellow cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine. The cloth is beautifully clean and unmarked, having been protected by the dustwrapper. No significant creases or bumps - just very slight creasing to the top corner tips of the boards. The top edge of the page block is slightly foxed, but the other edges are clean. Internally, the book is also near fine, with a neat contemporaneous gift inscription in pencil on the front free endpaper. The interior pages are really clean, with no foxing and no annotations. None of the usual offsetting to the endpapers. There is a small fold crease to the top corner of p.29/30 - otherwise no creases or tears. Spine tight. ***In a near fine monochrome-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of 9s 6d net (most copies of the second impression have been price-clipped by the publisher with a revised printed price of 10s 6d net). The dustwrapper is only slightly rubbed and scuffed at the extremities, mainly at the top of the spine. No significant creases or tears, and no chips. The back panel of the dustwrapper is unusually clean, with just a very small stain near the spine. The spine of the dustwrapper is also very clean - just slightly browned and marked. Dustwrapper bright. ***210mm x 130mm. 94 pages. ***'One of the most influential works of modern drama - "Voted the most significant English language play of the 20th century in a British Royal National Theatre poll of 800 playwrights, actors, directors and journalists. Beckett's naked play about two tramps waiting for Godot has tapped into our 20th-century public consciousness. It seems to express our deepest fears and our deepest knowledge of ourselves and our predicament" (Norman Berlin).' ***'"The first production of Beckett's own English translation, directed by Peter Hall, was staged at the Arts Theatre Club in London in August 1955. Kenneth Tynan's and Harold Hobson's reviews made it into an intellectual hit which has since been regarded as having transformed the British stage" (DNB). ***A second impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original first-state dustwrapper, in beautiful collector's condition. Early impression copies of this most famous work are seldom found now in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First edition. 8vo. Pp. 60, [6]. Illustrated wraps. First state with full page review from the London Times on rear cover. Evergreen E-33. Cover price $1.00. Some of the usual toning to edges and spine else Very Good+ or better. A high-spot of 20th century drama. Beckett's most famous play in its first appearance in English. Evergreen E-33 was published simultaneously with the Grove cloth edition. The rear cover lists Evergreen titles E-1 to E-32. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British Edition, Second Impression, in same year as first. A Fine copy in soft goldenrod cloth stamped in dull red at spine, in a Near Fine first issue dustwrapper (with "9s 6d" on front flap). Mild offset to front free endpaper. One short closed tear top front panel of jacket, and tiny loss to crown. 94pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Second printing. Yellow cloth lettered in red. Very slightly cocked, else fine. Dust jacket a trifle worn at corners and head of spine. Still an eminently collectible copy of the greatest play of the 20th century.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British Edition, Second Impression, in same year as first. A Fine copy in soft goldenrod cloth stamped in dull red at spine, in a Near Fine first issue dustwrapper (with "9s 6d" on front flap). Mild offset to front free endpaper. One short closed tear top front panel of jacket, and tiny loss to crown. 94pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Nobel Prize winner's masterpiece. Q17878.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Yellow cloth titled in orange. First printing. Boards faintly askew and slightly bowed. Offset/darkening to endpages else tight, square and unmarked. Trace scuffing/rubbing to cloth. Publisher's note tipped in. The DJ in mylar is lightly edgeworn/nicked, tiny bit of foxing and some darkening to top edge of flaps. Price 9s 6d to flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

True first edition in English, paperback issue; 8vo; ownership inscription to title, minor age-toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial printed wrappers, slightly toned, some creasing to corners, slight rubbing to spine and extremities, else very good. The true first edition in English of one of the most important plays of the twentieth century, preceded by Beckett's original French version (En attendant Godot, 1952).

First UK Edition. Octavo. A pleasing, unsophisticated copy of Beckett's masterpiece, complete with Publisher's Note tipped-in after title page, referring to passages censored by the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Typical toning to endpapers, else a near fine copy in mustard cloth boards with red lettering to spine. Some rubbing to extremities of unclipped photo-illustrated jacket, else near fine.

First U.K. edition. Octavo. 94 pages. Tipped in is the small printed slip regarding the requirements of the Lord Chamberlain.Small address label on front free endpaper. Some spotting to endpapers. Very good in very good, very slightly nicked dustwrapper with some rubbing to edges.

First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Samuel Beckett on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the extremities. Translated by Beckett from the original French.ÂHoused in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed. âOne of the most influential plays of the post-war periodâ and a central document of the Absurdist school, Waiting for Godot earned Beckett worldwide acclaim (Drabble, 1038). âBeckettâs work invented an entirely new theatrical language, palpable and comprehensible images of the absurd, and unforgettable metaphors of the human conditionâ (Hollier, 1010). "One of the true masterpieces of the century" (Clive Barnes, The New York Times).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. VG+ in a VG- DJ. Inside flap of the DJ has browning from a newspaper clipping. Light sunning to the dj spine, and the top inch and a half of the rear panel. DJ has very minimal edgewear. Two pages of photographs. 60 pp. 5" X 8 1/2". Red endpapers, black cloth, silver and gold letters on the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black blind stamped boards with title/author in silver and the publisher's name in gilt. Original price unclipped ($4.75) Previous owner's name on front end paper in pencil. Minimal wear to dust jacket edges. Text is free of any markings. Binding is tight. Very nice copy. Includes an assortment of original newspaper reviews.

First British edition of the author's masterpiece. Octavo, original black cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Dr. Murray with all good wishes Samuel Beckett Paris July 1981." From the library of Irish book collector Dr. Philip Murray, author of The Adventures of a Book Collector. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket that shows some light rubbing to the spine. Translated by Beckett from the original French.ÂHoused in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed by Beckett. âOne of the most influential plays of the post-war periodâ and a central document of the Absurdist school, Waiting for Godot earned Beckett worldwide acclaim (Drabble, 1038). âBeckettâs work invented an entirely new theatrical language, palpable and comprehensible images of the absurd, and unforgettable metaphors of the human conditionâ (Hollier, 1010). "One of the true masterpieces of the century" (Clive Barnes, The New York Times).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. (Correct first in the English language as well.) Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Fore edge has a few small light stains. Bright spine lettering and clean internally: no marks or signs of ownership. Jacket toned, as is typical, and lightly worn along edges with a tiny stain to front panel, creased near top of back panel, price intact ($4.75). A great copy of the acclaimed absurdist play.