Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in 2 Acts
by Beckett Samuel
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
1954. Softcover. Fair Condition. (Grove Press E-33). Presumed first printing (no later printings noted). First American Paperback edition.. Inside back cover lists Evergreen titles through E-32 (Storm at Castelfranco by Chester Kallman). $1.00 cover price. First page and title page spread have numerous long tears (looks like a cat got to it). Some chipping to foot of early pages from pattached pages being separated with no enough care. A few missing page corners. Coffee stain to front and some mottling to back. Vintage paperback. Quality sewn binding. Binding solid. Moderate to heayy age-darkening to spine. Some toning and rubbing to edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 pounds. Category: Theater & Performance ; Inventory No: 031052. BZDB373 Theater & Performance ; Unbranded Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in 2 Acts
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
- Hang Fire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031052
- Title
- Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in 2 Acts
- Author
- Beckett Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Title Page
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.