Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first Grove Centenary edition, first printing hardcover copy of Novels II of Samuel Beckett: Volume II of The Grove Centenary Editions (Works of Samuel Beckett the Grove Centenary Editions) by Samuel Beckett. First Grove Centenary Edition stated, 2006 Grove Press. First Printing, with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The exterior of the book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a straight spine. Also with, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, strong spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the second free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket as issued.
Edited by Paul Auster, this fourvolume set of Beckett’s canon has been designed by award-winner Laura Lindgren. Available individually, as well as in a boxed set, the four hardcover volumes have been specially bound with covers featuring images central to Beckett’s works. Typographical errors that remained uncorrected in the various prior editions have now been corrected in consultation with Beckett scholars C. J. Ackerley and S. E. Gontarski.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
