May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 8

Price Realized: $ 3,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
BECKETT, SAMUEL. Endgame. A Play in One Act. Translated from the French by Beckett. 8vo, publisher's 1/4 brown cloth over grey mottled paper boards, gilt-lettered, spine lightly faded, board edges slightly toned though less than is usual, bottom corners bumped; occasional toning to gutters, slightly overopened with accompanying partial splits between copyright and limitation leaves and pp. 90-91. New York: Grove Press, (1958)

Additional Details

special limited edition, the deluxe issue. number 8 of 26 copies signed by beckett. Only three copies of this deluxe limited issue known at auction in the past three decades. Rare. Federman & Fletcher 376.