WAITING FOR GODOT
New York, New York: Grove Press, 1954. First US Edition. Octavo, 60 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is black with silver and gold lettering. Boards fully bound in publisher's black cloth and have moderate shelving wear, fraying, and chipping along extremities. Ex-library with call number in white pen on front cover. Binding split ~1in. along front tail joint (backing boards exposed), mild creasing and small tears along gutter between front endpapers. Spine moderately cocked. Textblock has moderate age-toning along edges and throughout interior; interior has non-archival tape and paper adhered to front pastedown (likely covering a library book pocket), surface tearing to free-endpapers, and moderate staining from age-toned glue along gutter and on pages, title page through p.7. Previous owner's underlining and marginalia consistent throughout text. Tipped-in photographs of Samuel Beckett and stage performances of WAITING FOR GODOT, stained with age-toned glue and detached completely. CM consignment. Shelved Room C overflow.
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Special Collections - Upstairs
Price: $400