Waiting for Godot
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Blindstamped black cloth titled at spine in gold/silver gilt. 1st American edition. Pages mildly toned, a few pages have soft creases. Slight abrasion and some spreading between signatures on pages 19-20. Front hinge a bit tender. The DJ in mylar with flap price of $4.75 intact is toned, evenly soiled, edgechipped and rubbed. Unmarked contents. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Beckett's existentialist play portrays two men who are trapped in endless waiting for the arrival of someone named Godot. They spend their time bantering and conjecturing and trying to anticipate the time and method of arrival. "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful?"
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19784
- Title
- Waiting for Godot
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1954
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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