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Beckett, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit 1970, 1970.
Price: US$11.05 + shipping
Description: Gewicht in Gramm: 550
Seller: Antiquariat Walter Nowak, göttingen, Germany
BECKETT, Samuel. MERCIER ET CAMIER. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit., 1970.
Price: US$45.09 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first printing. Printed by Corbiére et Jugain in Alençon, Orne, 27 April 1970. Original white card wraps (with flaps), lettered and ruled in blue and black to spine, front, and rear panels. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. There are a handful of small splash-stains to the front and rear panels, and a little rubbing to edges and corners. The paper used for the trade edition is lightly toned (as usual). A nice copy. The first trade edition, issued simultaneously with a limited edition of three hundred numbered copies printed on Lafuma [1-99] and Bouffant [100-300] paper, and ninety-two numbered copies retained by the publisher. Beckett wrote 'Mercier et Camier' in Paris between July and October of 1946. He'd spent the final years of the war hiding out in Roussillon, in unoccupied France (as a wanted man because his work for the French Resistance), which may have influenced his decision, after the war, to adopt French as his primary literary language. 'Mercier et Camier' was the first novel that he wrote in French (following the novella-length 'Premier Amour' and Le Calmant). Although the writing seemed to come quite easily, he was unable to find a publisher for the work, and he put it aside to work on 'Molloy', 'Malone Meurt' and 'L'Inommable' (1947-50), and the plays 'Éleuthéria' and 'En attendant Godot' (1949). The novel, with it's eponymous vaudevillian down-and-out protagonists, has often been seen as a foreshadowing of Godot (on p. 61, the phrase "rien à faire" [nothing to be done] ppears, which became the famous opening words of the play). 'Mercier' remained in Beckett's bottom drawer for twenty years until, in 1969, his publisher, Jérôme Lindon, who wanted to publish something in the wake of the author's receipt of that years Nobel Prize in Literature, persuaded him to publish the novel (he began the English translation the following year). (Samuel Beckett, 'Mercier and Camier', ed. Seán Kennedy [London: 2012]). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
BECKETT Samuel. Mercier et Camier. , 1970.
Price: US$69.57 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original wrappers printed in blue and black. Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit. First French trade edition. Upper cover with a few small brown stains, otherwise a near fine copy.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Samuel Beckett. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, 1970.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In French. Covers mildly scuffed.
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, (Paris), 1970.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. 12mo. 215pp. White printed wrappers. Text in French. A fine copy. Samuel Beckett's first novel to be written in French, completed in 1946, published here for the first time.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, (Paris), 1970.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, trade issue. 12mo. 215pp. White printed wrappers. Text in French. A fine, bright copy. Samuel Beckett's first novel to be written in French, completed in 1946, published here for the first time.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
BECKETT (Samuel). Mercier et Camier. Les éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1970.
Price: US$145.85 + shipping
Description: 1 volume. In-12. 212 pp. Couverture souple à rabats avec petites piqures. Non coupé. Bel état. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Celui-ci un des 201 exemplaires numérotés sur bouffant sélect, second papier.Premier roman que Beckett écrit directement en français.
Seller: Librairie KOEGUI, BAYONNE, France
Beckett, Samuel. Mercier et Camier (With Rare Belly Band). KLes Editions De Minuit, France, 1970.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Paperbound book. First French edition. A near fine example with the rare yellow belly band with the word BECKETT in black across the front panel. Still sealed.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1970.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. 1 vols. 12mo. Becket's hilarious 'novel' -- the picaresque sayings and doings of this Oliver and Hardy duo -- originaly written in 1946. Original wrappers. with printed flaps. Mint, and unopened, with a rare publisher's yellow wraparound band printed "BECKETT" in black
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
BECKETT Samuel. MERCIER ET CAMIER [Édition originale sur bouffant sélect]. , 1970.
Price: US$176.78 + shipping
Description: Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit, 1970. Édition originale, un des 92 exemplaires numérotés sur bouffant sélect marqués "92" (celui-ci n° 19) et réservés à la librairie des Éditions de Minuit. In-12 broché de 212 pp. Très bon état, non coupé. Livres
Seller: Librairie Le Livre Penseur, Paris, France
Beckett, Samuel.. Mercier et Camier.. Paris Les Editions de Minuit ( ), 1970.
Price: US$243.08 + shipping
Description: 212 pp. Original printed wrappers in glassine dust jacket. First Edition. No. 157 of 201 copies sur Bouffant. - Uncut. Fine copy. Gewicht (Gramm): 150
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
BECKETT Samuel. Mercier et Camier. , 1970.
Price: US$243.48 + shipping
Description: First edition. 8vo., original wrappers printed in black and blue. Paris, Les Éditions de Minuit. Number 59 of 99 copies printed on Lafuma paper, from a total edition of 307. A fine copy, uncut, in glassine dust jacket.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
BECKETT (Samuel). Mercier et Camier. Les éditions de Minuit, Paris, 1970.
Price: US$244.18 + shipping
Description: 1 volume. In-12. 212 pp. Couverture souple à rabats. Parfait état. ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Celui-ci un des 99 exemplaires de tête numérotés sur pur fil lafuma.Premier roman que Beckett écrit directement en français.
Seller: Librairie KOEGUI, BAYONNE, France
BECKETT, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, Paris, 1970.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original wraps; cellophane tissue wrapper. Uncut. Copy 82 of 92.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, (Paris), 1970.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 12mo. 215pp. Printed wrappers. Text in French. Fine, partially unopened, in slightly toned, near fine publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket. Samuel Beckett's first novel to be written in French, completed in 1946, but here published for the first time. La Librairie des Editions de Minuit Sur Bouffant issue, limited to 92 numbered copies, designated as copy 92 on the copyright page.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Éditions de Minuit, [Paris], 1970.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: 212 p., 19 cm. Wrappers, small abrasion on cover, spine slightly tanned but a very nice copy, unopened. One of 106 on Lafuma, there were also 292 copies on bouffant.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel. Mercier et Camier. Les Editions de Minuit, (Paris), 1970.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. 12mo. 215pp. Text in French. White printed wrappers. Top corner very slightly bumped, else a fine unopened copy, with the covers bright and crisp. Samuel Beckett's first novel to be written in French, completed in 1946, and published here for the first time. Limited to 201 numbered copies on bouffant paper. Inscribed by Beckett: "For Michael Curtis, from Samuel Beckett"
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.