Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 372

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
BECKETT, SAMUEL. En Attendant Godot. 8vo, original wrappers printed in blue and black, spine darkened and very faintly cracked; housed in a custom 1/4 turquoise morocco clamshell case. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper indicating attendance at an early performance of the play in its premiere venue: "Carol Sands[?] / vu au Theatre Babylone / 28 Mars 1953." Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1952

Additional Details

first trade edition of beckett's first published and most famous play. One of 2500 copies printed. The defining text of the Theatre of the Absurd. Federman & Fletcher 259.