Item #901035 Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts. Samuel Beckett.

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

London: The Folio Society, 2000.
Illustrated by Tom Phillips. First Thus. Hardcover.

First Printing of this Folio Society edition. Preface by Edward Beckett. Color illustrations by Tom Phillips. Frontis. illustration depicts Godot rehearsing the San Quentin Players in 1985 (with a caption reading “No Matter – Try Again – Fail Again – Fail Better”). Four additional color illustrations were inspired by two conversations with the playwright before publication of this edition.

First published in 1956 by Faber & Faber Ltd, Second Edition published in 1965. Text for this edition is drawn from the "corrected" Faber & Faber Second Edition.

Typeset in Monotype Walbaum at The Folio Society. Printed on Klippan Book Design Smooth paper at Butler & Tanner, Frome, and bound by them in Hiflex Antique paper printed with a design by the artist.

In Beckett's absurdist classic, Valdimir and Estragon await an entity that never arrives - an existential wait and an enigmatic entity that have inspired endless debate.

Very Fine. Item #901035

6-7/8 x 11”, pictorial cloth, green endpapers, 110pp, 5 full-page color illustrations.

Mild spine fading else a bright, crisp, very fine copy in slip-case.

Price: $40.00