Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)
by Beckett, Samuel
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
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.
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)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6177
- Title
- Ill Seen, Ill Said (Signed limited edition)
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First thus
- Publisher
- Lord John Press
- Place of Publication
- Northridge, CA
- Date Published
- 1982
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