Waiting for Godot: a Tragicomedy in Two Acts
by Beckett, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Yellow cloth titled in orange. First printing. Boards faintly askew and slightly bowed. Offset/darkening to endpages else tight, square and unmarked. Trace scuffing/rubbing to cloth. Publisher's note tipped in. The DJ in mylar is lightly edgeworn/nicked, tiny bit of foxing and some darkening to top edge of flaps. Price 9s 6d to flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Beckett's existentialist play portrays two men who are trapped in endless waiting for the arrival of someone named Godot. They spend their time bantering and conjecturing and trying to anticipate the time and method of arrival. "Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful?"
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25302
- Title
- Waiting for Godot: a Tragicomedy in Two Acts
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
Terms of Sale
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Northridge, California
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