French Literature from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1980 Translated from the original English by the author. First French trade edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel Gussow / With all good wishes / Sam Beckett / Paris / July 1982." Publisher's original white wrappers, front wrapper and spine lettered in blue… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1984 First edition thus. Presentation copy, inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel / from his friend / Sam / Paris / July 1985." Publisher's original green, white, and gray patterned wrappers, with illustration of Beckett by Sue Linney to front wrapper, lettered in black and green. Near fine, with a few… Read more about this item

Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1982 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to Mel Gussow on title page: "For Mel Gussow / With all good wishes / Sam Beckett / 24.6.83." Publisher's original white wrappers, front wrapper and spine lettered in blue and black. About fine, with just some light toning to spine and edges.… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, [1957] (originally published in 1931), 1981 First American edition. One of 250 copies signed and numbered by Beckett on the limitation page, this being number 76. Publisher's brown cloth-backed white patterned paper-covered boards, with front board and spine lettered in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine and upper edges of boards, and just a… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber [orig. published 1956], 1981 Later edition. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett on title page: "For Mel / With all good wishes / from Sam / Paris / 29.8.84." Publisher's white wrappers, with a drawing of a tree and hand by Sidney Nolan on front wrapper, printed in black. About fine, with just a hint… Read more about this item

London: John Calder, 1983 First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Beckett to American theater critic Mel Gussow on title page: "For / Mel Gussow / With all best wishes / Sam Beckett / Paris / 24.6.83." Publisher's green cloth, with titles in gilt to spine; in its original white and green dust jacket, printed in black… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1656 Third edition. Contemporary brown calf with sides ruled in blind, four raised bands to spine, and red leather label lettered in gilt to spine. Very good, with light wear and chipping to calf on joints and edges, rebacked, 19th century inscriptions to front fly leaf and half-title page, biographical clippings affixed to front endpapers,… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1954 Translated from author's own original French. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth, with wraparound title in blind, spine lettered in gold and silver foil, red endpapers; in its original black and white dust jacket, with a photograph from a production of the play to front panel, and portrait of Beckett to rear panel.… Read more about this item

Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1872 First edition. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Hugo on the half-title to close friend and fellow writer, Ernest d'Hervilly: A mon cher et charmant/ poëte d'Hervilly / Victor Hugo." Finely bound in three-quarter blue crushed morocco over black and blue marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, four raised bands, speckled edges, gray marbled endpapers,… Read more about this item

Bruxelles: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1862 First edition, preceding the French edition. Ten volumes finely bound in contemporary crushed dark green morocco with red marbled boards, with five raised bands to the spines, decorated and lettered in gilt, red marbled endpapers. An excellent set with some mild wear and rubbing to the edges, a few scattered spots, else near… Read more about this item

London, 1784 Three volumes. Later edition. Finely bound in contemporary speckled light brown calf, boards triple ruled in gilt, spines decorated in gilt with gray leather spine labels lettered in gilt, board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt, text block edges gilt, red and blue marbled endpapers. A near fine set with a touch of light rubbing to extremities, small… Read more about this item

Paris: Parent-Desbarres, 1841 Two volumes. First edition. Finely bound in tan calf, boards decoratively ruled in gilt, centrally stamped to front boards with Institution Savouré emblem in gilt, green calf spine labels lettered in gilt, blue marbled endpapers and text block edges. A very good set with some rubbing to extremities and wear to front hinges, light scattered foxing to… Read more about this item

Belgium: Louis Elzebier, 1648 First edition. Finely bound in mid-18th century brown calf, ruled in blind to boards and in gilt to spine with decorative floral tooling and a black leather spine label lettered in gilt, board edges tooled in blind, red text block edges, red marbled endpapers, two blue silk markers present. A very good copy with wear to… Read more about this item

Paris: Blanchard, 1816 With a frontispiece and additional engraved title page. Second edition. Contemporary tan sheepskin, ruled in blind to boards and stamped in gilt to spine with red leather spine label lettered in gilt, edges tooled in gilt, green silk marker present. A very good copy with some wear to extremities, bottom edge of front hinge gently starting, bookplate… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Sirou, 1845 8vo. First edition. Finely bound in contemporary brown tree-marbled sheepskin, spine stamped in gilt with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. A very good copy with some light wear to extremities and a few scratches to boards, light foxing scattered throughout text block. Overall, a handsome copy. Written by… Read more about this item

Brussels: Éditions de la Cité Chrétienne, 1934 Later edition. Bound into an earlier armorial binding from the early 18th century, full red morocco, ruled in gilt with fleur-de-lis designs to corners and the coat of arms of Princess Palatine Elizabeth-Charlotte, wife of Philippe, Duke of Orleans, centrally stamped in gilt to front and rear boards. A very good copy with… Read more about this item

London, 1783 24 mo. Five volumes. Early edition. Finely bound in contemporary tan mottled calf, boards triple-ruled in gilt and spines stamped in gilt, board edges and turn-ins gilt, text block edges gilt, red and blue marbled endpapers; green silk markers in each volume. A near fine set with just some light wear to extremities, most pronounced in Vol. II,… Read more about this item

Paris: Galerie de Goupil et Cie, [1918] Illustrated by Césare Bonanomi, Edith Fry, Jeka Kemp, Henri Lejeune, René Quillivic, and Alic Whyte, among others. First edition. Publisher's white paper wrappers, lettered in blue. Near fine, with some light soiling to the wrappers, light rusting to the staple binding, a few faint spots to the otherwise clean pages. A lovely copy.… Read more about this item

Paris: Lang, Union des grandes associations françaises contre la propaganda Ennemie, 1918 Publisher's white paper wrappers, lettered in black. About near fine, with some light spotting and minor soiling to the front wrapper, some rust and minor wear to the staple binding, else bright and clean. A very handsome piece of WWI propaganda. Very scarce (only 4 copies listed in… Read more about this item