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New York: Grove Press, 1954. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition. Illustrated with portrait and three leaves of stills from the stage production. Pagination irregular. [vii] pp.; 7-60 ff. (numbered on left page); [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine, Fine. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition. Illustrated with portrait and three leaves of stills from the stage production. Pagination irregular. [vii] pp.; 7-60 ff. (numbered on left page); [5] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slightest toning at the spine and a tiny tear, housed in a quarter morocco and cloth clamshell case. Inscribed by Beckett to another writer: "for Dan Pope from Sam Beckett". Additionally Signed by Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset. Probably the scarcest and most preferred issue of the Nobel Prize winner's most famous title, one of…

One of the most important works of modernist literature, Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is a play in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait for the arrival of someone named Godot who never arrives, and while waiting they engage in a variety of discussions and encounter several other characters.

First editions of Waiting for Godot published by Grove Press typically have a mention of it being a first printing and may also include the date of publication on the copyright page.