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First American Edition; A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on a card affixed to the front free paper. An outstanding copy of this first edition printed in English; originally published in French, the play debuted on stage in Paris in 1953; translated by the author into English and published by the Grove Press in 1954. Subtitled "A tragicomedy in two acts", this play has been voted "the most significant English language play of the 20th Century". Signed copies of this book are very rare, the first US even more so; as of this writing, this is the only US edition that includes the author's signature currently on the market. This copy is in near fine condition with a square, tight binding, bright silver and gold spine lettering, and clean pages throughout; the book does show some light soiling to the exterior text block, mild residue to the front pastedown from a removed bookplate, and a discreet PO inscription to the 2nd free paper, else fine. Housed in…

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.