Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Dream of Fair to Middling Women by Samuel Beckett. First North American Edition stated, 1993 Arcade Publishing. 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 gilt on a straight spine. Also with, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and one lightly bumped corner. 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.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface wear and moderate edge wear. First state jacket with $21.95 price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Written in 1932, when the twenty-six-year-old Beckett was struggling to make ends meet, the novel offers a rare and revealing portrait of the artist as a young man. When submitted to several publishers, all of them found it too literary, too scandalous or too risky; it was only published posthumously in 1992.
Ships promptly in corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
