Books

New York, Grove Press, 1954. . 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).

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.