Books

New York: Grove Press, 1954. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY SAMUEL BECKETT on the title page. A crisp, lovely copy to boot of the 1954 iconic Grove Press edition, not only the 1st American edition but also the first edition to appear in hardback AND the 1st English language edition (which Beckett himself translated from his native French). Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a beautiful, price-intact ($4.75), Near Fine dustjacket. Indisputably one of the three or four most celebrated plays of the 20th century, a remarkable triumph of existentialist theatre and the highwater mark of even as exalted a literary career as the Nobelist Samuel Beckett's (1906-1989). Very elusive in such lovely condition and signed by the author.

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.