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New York: Grove Press, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition in English (translated by the author), preceding the British edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with modest tanning at the spine, two small tears on the front panel and nicks at the corners. A scarce and desirable issue of the Nobel Prize winner's most famous title, one of the great works of the world stage. A major innovation in modern drama, possibly the most important play of the 20th Century, and certainly the first theatrical success of the Theatre of the Absurd.

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.