BECKETT, Samuel. As the story was told. Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 1987.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: Square 4to, original quarter morocco & paste-paper boards, publisher's slipcase. Very fine copy. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 25 numbered copies signed by Beckett, the only signed issue of this book, out of a total edition of 325 copies printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lion Press, this is copy number 1.

Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

BECKETT, Samuel. Christopher Ricks, edited by. As the Story Was Told [with] Variant Readings Transcribed by Christopher Ricks, and Passages (Parallel and Oblique) Chosen by Him. Rampant Lions Press, (Cambridge, England, 1987.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition, advance copy. Oblong small quarto. [44]pp., consisting of eight unbound and unsewn quires. Fine. Signed by Beckett on the limitation page and designated by the publisher as an out-of-series copy of the 25 signed by Beckett (of 325 total). The editor, Christopher Ricks, has transcribed four variant texts of "As The Story Was Told," enhancing the text with selections from other Beckett titles. A nice typographical presentation, printed in two colors; the endpapers reproduce Beckett's manuscript in holograph facsimile. Rare in this format; this is the only advance copy of this publication that we have seen.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.