From an Abandoned Work
by Beckett, Samuel
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- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition (1st printing), d/j spine split and grubby, pages crisp and clean (staple binding vg).
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1958. 1st. p/b. Good, 1st edition (1st printing), d/j spine split and grubby, pages crisp and clean (staple binding vg).. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). The work began as ""a short prose piece, written about 1954-55, a step towards a novel soon abandoned"" and Beckett's ""first text written in English since Watt."" Though initially published as a theater piece by the British publisher Faber and Faber following its performance on the BBC, it is now ""generally anthologized with Beckett's short fiction"".
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC133421
- Title
- From an Abandoned Work
- Author
- Beckett, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- P/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition (1st printing), d/j spine split and grubby, pages crisp and clean (staple binding vg).
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 22
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, prose, drama, Beckett, short story, fiction, radio
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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