BECKETT, SAMUEL. Ohio Impromptu, Catastrophe, What Where. Rare Pre-First Edition INCLUDING the original Showbill for the performance.. Beckett Theatre, 1983.

Price: US$2995.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Mint. This is the true First Edition of the three plays. [Grove Press] and The Beckett Theatre, New York, 1983. Three plays printed in stencil-roneo, bound in red leatherette, soft covers, gold stamped titles. Published prior to the Grove Press first edition, in a Pre-First Edition, produced in a very limited quantity (about 50 copies). It was sold only at the premiere of these three plays at the off-Broadway theatre itself, where the plays were staged, later named the Samuel Beckett Theatre. Mimeographed 8 1-2 x 11 paper in a brown leatherette folder, with two brass wing clips, gilt-pressed titles on the front cover. Collation: Title page: "Ohio Impromptu," "Catastrophe," "What Where." by Samuel Beckett. No copyright page. Second sheet: Performing rights statement. Followed by the "Ohio Impromptu" title page, "Personae" page, Play pp. 1-4; "Catastrophe" title page, "Personae" page, Play pp. 1-5; "What Where" title page, "Personae" page, Play pp. 1-10. This rare original INCLUDES the original Harold Clurman Theatre Showbill for the performance. Some of the advertising pages were taken off.

Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.