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Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot....
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Description
Samuel Beckett. Waiting for Godot. Translated from the original French by the author. London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1956].8vo. Publisher's yellow cloth, spine stamped in red. Original photographic dust jacket.
FIRST UK EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page: "for Jeremy / from Sam." With the publisher's note tipped in, stating that a small number of textual deletions were made when the play was transferred from the Arts Theatre to the Criterion Theatre, and the present text is that used in the Criterion Theatre production.
Condition: A few minor bumps to cloth edges. Dust jacket unclipped (priced "9s 6d net"); some wear along edges and folds, particularly top edge; a few scuffs; a few pale stains.
Provenance: "Jeremy" (presentation inscription).
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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