[Rarebooks] FS: 3 Signed Limited Editions and his first book in honor of the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett

[Charles Agvent]

1.  BECKETT,  Samuel.  HOW IT IS. London: John  Calder  (1964).  First
Edition.  Series  B, bound in full tan morocco and printed in  advance
of  the first edition. Copy #68 of only 100 numbered copies SIGNED  by
the  author.  Housed  in the original "accordion" slipcase.  Touch  of
wear. Near Fine in Fine slipcase, as issued.                  $1000.00

2.  BECKETT,  Samuel.  NOHOW  ON. [New York]:  Limited  Editions  Club
(1989).  Quarto.  Edition  limited  to 550 numbered  copies  bound  in
luxurious  full black leather and SIGNED on the colophon by the author
and  the  artist Robert Ryman who has created six  ORIGINAL  ETCHINGS,
printed  in  tones  of  white,  for this work.  Text  printed  at  the
Shagbark  Press  on  paper  from  Cartiere  Enrico  Magnani;  etchings
printed  on  Arches at Wingate Studio and Renaissance  Press.  Monthly
Letter  laid  in.  Fine  in a suede-lined  linen  clamshell  box  with
leather label.                                                $4000.00

3.  BECKETT,  Samuel.  PROUST. THREE DIALOGUES.  London:  John  Calder
(1965).  First  Edition.  First Collected  Edition  combining  PROUST,
first  published  in 1931, and THREE DIALOGUES (with Georges  Duthuit)
first  published  in 1949 in Transition. Copy #4 of only 100  numbered
copies  specially  bound  in half vellum and linen and SIGNED  by  the
author. Near Fine in Very Good slipcase, as issued.           $1500.00

4.  (JOYCE, James) BECKETT, Samuel; WILLIAMS, William Carlos; et.  al.
OUR  EXAGMINATION ROUND HIS FACTIFICATION FOR INCAMINATION OF WORK  IN
PROGRESS.  Paris:  Shakespeare  and Company 1929. First  Edition.  The
Regular  Paper  issue  in  printed wraps  of  Samuel  Beckett's  first
appearance  in a book. An appreciation of Joyce's Finnegans Wake.  Ink
underlining  and marginal notes to about a dozen pages; owner name  on
front  endpaper. Loss of about an inch to the paper at the top of  the
spine  though the letters there are still mostly present. Loss to  the
blank  margins  of just a few pages from being roughly opened. A  Very
Good copy overall.                                             $350.00



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