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Samuel Beckett. Watt (Evergreen Original E-152). Grove Press Inc January 1959, 1959.
Price: US$4.99 + shipping
Description: Wear to cover, bumped corners, pages tanned. A number of pages have some markings or underlining. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.
Seller: Firefly Bookstore, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt (Evergreen Original E-152). Grove Press Inc, 1959.
Price: US$5.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
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Seller: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt (An Evergreen Original; E-152). Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$6.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Slight sunning and fading to spine; slight soiling, creases, rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly at edges); slight internal browning to edges, name in ink. 254 pages. Notable for lower wrapper reviews by Cyril Connolly (misspelled "Connelly"), Harold Hobson and Kenneth Rexroth. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt (Evergreen Original E-152). Grove Press Inc, 1959.
Price: US$7.06 + shipping
Condition: Fair
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Seller: Your Online Bookstore, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. WATT. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$7.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
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Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, 1959.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6th printing. Minor edge wear and soiling.
Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 254pp. E-152. Cover worn with light staining. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall X5
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, 1959.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good + wraps with modest rubwear & light soil. Yet bright, snug & unmarked. First simultaneous paperback printing.
Seller: Et Al's Read & Unread Books, Wausau, WI, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Grove Press, New York, 1959. Wrappers. Condition: Good, with several pages having ink notations in the margins. 1st Edition. The first American edition, in wrappers, issued by the Grove Press as Evergreen Book E - 152. Issued in semi glossy wrappers colored in green and black. Previous owner's name on half title page. Light soiling to the cover and a small chip near the spine on front cover. Printed price is present, "$1.75". Green, black and blue printed cover, 5.5 X 8 inches. 254 pages.
Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel.. Watt.. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. A Fine copy in glossy green, black and white wrappers, the paperback issue. Very slightly faded along spine. 254pp. Fresh copy for its age. Nobel Prize winner. Q09320
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. WATT (EVERGREEN ORIGINAL E-152). Grove Press Inc, 1959.
Price: US$96.70 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.65
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. New York: Grove Press, 1959.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing, cloth bound edition. Publishers black cloth with titles in gilt to spine; original black, white, and green dust jacket designed by Richard Brodney, black circle graphic to front panel, photo of Beckett by Brassaï to rear panel. Slight lean to spine and soiling to edges of text block, else fine book; about very good unclipped dust jacket with some soiling and rubbing to exterior, light toning to spine, some wear and shallow chipping to spine ends, lightly nicked corners, and a few chips and small closed tears to edges. Overall, a presentable copy with an unblemished interior. In Watt, the title character becomes a domestic servant for Mr. Knott, a mysterious and reclusive master. Watt, whose mind is logical to a fault, struggles to perform relatively simple tasks and ultimately ends up in a mental institution. It is theorized that Watts name represents the word "what" and Knotts represents "not," emphasizing the title characters incessantly questioning mind, and the elusiveness of his master. Beckett wrote Watt during World War II while he was hiding from German forces in Roussillon, a village in the south of France. He said that his daily work on the novel gave him a "means of staying sane" during that dangerous and unpredictable time in his life. Watt is one of Becketts early masterpieces, and the follow up to his debut novel, Murphy (1938).
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel.. Watt.. New York: Grove Press Inc., 1959, 1959.
Price: US$961.49 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing, number 62 of 100 specially bound copies. Beckett's second novel was "a daring linguistic experiment", written in 1942 but unpublished for years "because of its strange subject matter" (ODNB). It first appeared in a limited edition of 1,125 copies in 1953, published in Paris. Federman & Fletcher 32.2. Octavo. Original brown quarter cloth, grey boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Spine faded, trivial bump to one corner, light foxing to edges, internally clean. A very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
BECKETT, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. Octavo. 254pp. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Fine. Fine in fine publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket.Copy number 73 of 100 specially bound numbered copies.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncorrected, publisher's working proofs for the 1st U. S. edition of Beckett's 2nd novel. Unbound, uncut sheets, folded and sewn, an in-house product, not some advance copy. Old and intriguing pencil and ink corrections that look like publisher's work towards a future edition. Small chips and tears to the first and last leaves else very good, and clearly rare. Watt is a willing servant, but his unexplored capacity bumps up against unexplained need.
Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt (Signed). Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Dark gray clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 254 pp. First American trade hardbound edition. A novel that was first published in 1945 and brought back to the public's eye in 1959 on the heels of the immense success and notiriety of Waiting For Godot. A spectacularly fine copy with just some very faint spots to the top edge. Binding is tight, pages are bright and unmarked. The price-intact dustwrapper is bright and unfaded. BECKETT has SIGNED this copy on the title page. A book not often found signed by Beckett. Collector's copy.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BECKETT, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press, New York, 1959.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Uncorrected proof of the first American edition, in sewn but unbound folded and gathered sheets. Several old ink and pencil notes (possibly used to correct a later edition), and small nicks and tears on first and last leaf, very good. Rare in this format.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Samuel Beckett. Watt. Signed Lettered Edition.. Grove Press, 1959.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author. Hardcover, bound in cloth backed boards. Lightly rubbed with slight bump one corner.
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Beckett, Samuel. Watt. Grove Press (1959), New York, 1959.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 254p octavo. Quarter cloth and paper covered boards. A fine copy issued without a printed dust jacket . This is copy lettered D of 26 lettered specially bound copies signed by Samuel Beckett on the limitation page. Additionally signed by Grove Press Barney Rosset: "Publisher's Copy / BarneyRosset - Grove Press" on the front flyleaf. The limited signed issue consists of only 30 signed copies. This lettered issue and four hors commerce signed copies. An exceptionally scarce publication in the signed issue.
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.