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Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)

Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)

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Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)

by Beckett, Samuel

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Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1982. First thus. Fine. A presentation copy, outside of the 299 numbered and 26 lettered copies. Bound in blue marbled boards with navy leather backstrip with gilt tooling and title in gilt on spine. Extremely clean interior, signed by author on half-title.

Published first in French in 1981 and translated by the author in the following year, Ill Seen, Ill Said, is a novella capturing the last moments of a dying woman. Beckett combined third person narration with a steam-of-consciousness style to create this poetic mediation on mortality. Herbert Yellin (1935-2014) established his small fine press in Northridge in 1978 to celebrate his favorite modern authors, from poets to science fiction writers. Lord John Press was committed to producing exquisite editions and this copy is a perfect example of that mission. Fine.

Synopsis

Ill Seen Ill Said is a short novel by Samuel Beckett. It was first published in French as Mal vu mal dit in 1981, and was then translated in English by the author in 1982. Together with Company and Worstward Ho, it was collected in the volume Nohow On in 1989.

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Bookseller
Whitmore Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6177
Title
Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)
Author
Beckett, Samuel
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
First thus
Publisher
Lord John Press
Place of Publication
Northridge, CA
Date Published
1982

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