Beckett, Samuel (1956) ‘Waiting for Godot’, UK first edition

Beckett, Samuel (1956) Waiting for Godot. UK first edition, first printing, published by Faber and Faber.

Condition: near fine condition and complete with the Publisher’s Note between the two copyright pages. Internally clean without any comments written or underlinings in the text. The mustard colour boards are clean with top edge a little dusty. A few foxing spots to page block. Typical ghosting to endpapers. The first state dust jacket shows some rubbing to the edges and is clean on the reverse.

Waiting for Godot is the most significant play of the 20^th century which premiered in the English language in London in 1955. It was originally written in French and premiered in Paris in 1953. The story of Vladimir and Estragon who endlessly wait for someone called Godot is iconic, and many interpretations (existential, theological, Freudian, Jungian, political etc.) have surrounded the play.

Beckett received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1969.