BECKETT, Samuel: Company (Signed Limited Edition)

BECKETT, Samuel. Company. London: Calder, 1980. Medium octavo. pp. 89. True first edition, first printing. Quarter vellum on brown linen, title and reproduced signature of Beckett in gilt. Deluxe first edition, limited to 100 copies, signed by Samuel Beckett on titlepage. This copy signed but not numbered on the titlepage. Browning to the spine. All edges gilt. Housed in matching publishers slipcase. Rare. This title by the Nobel Prize winning author was written directly in English unlike many of his other works, and thus was first published here in English. This Deluxe Signed Limited Edition was issued hors commerce before the trade editions in the US/UK and is therefore the true first edition. A fine clean tight copy with no markings.

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