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BALDWIN, JAMES.
Go Tell It On the Mountain.
8vo, publisher’s russet cloth,
few shallow scratches; dust jacket, spine panel faded, hard creasing and some rubbing along
folds, spine panel head chipped slightly with short closed tear.
FIRST EDITION OF THE
AUTHOR
’
S FIRST BOOK
.
NewYork: Knopf, 1953
[500/750]
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BERGER, THOMAS.
Little Big
Man.
8vo, original black cloth-backed tan
boards, corners slightly bumped; dust
jacket, small spot of rubbing on rear panel,
portion of spine panel faded faintly; inter-
nally clean with no markings.
NewYork: Dial Press, 1964
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION
of Berger’s best known work.
A near fine copy in like dust jacket. Basis for
Arthur Penn’s classic 1970 film starring
Dustin Hoffman, an early example of the
VietnamWar-era revisionistWestern.
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BECKETT, SAMUEL.
En Attendant
Godot.
8vo, original wrappers printed in blue
and black, spine darkened and very faintly
cracked; housed in a custom
1
/
4
turquoise
morocco clamshell case. Contemporary own-
ership inscription to front free endpaper
indicating attendance at an early performance
of the play in its premiere venue: “Carol
Sands[?] / vu au Theatre Babylone / 28 Mars
1953.” Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1952
[2,500/3,500]
FIRST TRADE EDITION OF BECKETT
’
S FIRST
PUBLISHED AND MOST FAMOUS PLAY
.
One
of 2500 copies printed. The defining text of
the Theatre of the Absurd. Federman &
Fletcher 259.
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