Lot 90
  • 90

Beckett, Samuel

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Samuel Beckett
  • Collection of 5 works published by the Grove Press in New York, four of them inscribed by Beckett:
  • ink on paper
All that Fall. New York: Grove Press, 1957, first edition, no. 57 of 100 numbered copies (of a total edition of 125), this copy additionally inscribed by the author to William Targ, original brown cloth-backed grey boards, acetate jacket, [Federman and Fletcher 34.02]; Molloy, Malone Dies, and the Unnamable. Three Novels...New York: the Grove Press, 1959, inscribed by Beckett to William Targ on the title page, Targ's ownership signature on front endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket [Federman and Fletcher 377.1]; Stories and Texts for Nothing. New York: Grove Press, 1967, first English edition, drawings by Avigdor Arikha, inscribed by Beckett to William Targ, original cloth, dust-jacket [Federman and Fletcher 386]; First Love and Other Stories. New York: Grove Press, 1974, original cloth, dust-jacket; "Dante and the Lobster" [in] Evergreen Review. volume 1, number 1, New York: Grove Press, 1957inscribed by Beckett to William Targ in 1986 at the head of the author's story on p.24, , original paper covers, [Federman and Fletcher 16.03], some wear to covers with some nicks; 8vo (5)

Condition

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