From an Abandoned Work
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1958. Beckett's fourth work. Published in illustrated wraps with pasted-down flaps (price intact); light bluish-gray with black and red letter and design. A Very Good copy of the First Edition. A bit of sun to the edges, edges bumped and a small chip at top of the spine. An early work by one of the most important writers of the XXth Century. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000856
- Title
- From an Abandoned Work
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
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About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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