Whoroscope

Signed first edition of Samuel Beckett's Whoroscope

Samuel Beckett ⦗Samuel Barclay Beckett, 1906–1989⦘

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [ii], 4, [2]. Original stiff orange wrappers printed in black, stapled as issued. Copy No. '2', being Beckett's very own, No. '1' having gone to Nancy Cunard. A total of 300 copies were printed on fine Vergé de Rives paper in Caslon 11-point type, of which the first 100 were signed by the author.

Staples rusted, covers lightly watermarked to edge-fold, sans the scarce wrap-around band, else Fine in a latter glassine wrapper.

[Federman & Fletcher 5]

special feature

signed

edition

first edition

format

pamphlet

scarcity

scarce

publisher

The Hours Press

published in

Paris

publication year

1930

ISBN

not assigned

genre

poetry

language

English

binding style

paper wrappers

binding state

original binding

condition

near fine

GBP£ 0.00

EUR€ 0.00

USD$ 0.00

ref.KKC 398