Beckett, Samuel

Endgame

London: Faber and Faber, 1958. Single volume, measuring 8 x 4.25 inches: 60. Original orange cloth lettered in pale blue, original clipped photographic dust jacket.

First English edition of Beckett’s great absurdist play, translated from the French by the author: “No one that ever lived ever thought so crooked as we.” Preceded by the 1957 first edition, Fin de partie, and the first American edition earlier in 1958, this first English edition also includes the short sketch “Act Without Words.” A fine copy.

Price: $350.00