Samuel Beckett
81 copies for sale · $20–$25,000 · 33 first editions · 22 signed
Notable copies for sale
Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$12,500
Endgame Fin de Partie suivi de Acte Sans Paroles (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$5,500
Ill Seen, Ill Said Signed limited edition (signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,250
Catastrophe et autres dramaticules Cette fois, Solo, Berceuse, Impromptu d'Ohio (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$750
assez (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$750
En attendant Godot Waiting for Godot (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$3,500
Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$13,500
Murphy (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
En attendant Godot Waiting for Godot (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,500
Comédie et actes Divers (signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$1,200
Catastrophe. For Václav Havel (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,000
Comment Dire (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,000
Works on the market
MURPHY4 copies · $56–$4,500
WAITING FOR GODOT2 copies · $38–$25,000
ENDGAME2 copies · $50–$7,800
PROUST2 copies · $2,023–$7,500
Stirrings Still2 copies · $3,500–$5,500
En attendant Godot Waiting for Godot2 copies · $1,500–$3,500
En Attendant Godot2 copies · $2,800–$3,200
En Attendant Godot2 copies · £2,500–£3,000
Comédie et actes Divers2 copies · $750–$1,200
MOLLOY2 copies · $300–$450
Footfalls2 copies · $40–$250
Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable1 copy · $13,500
Echo's Bones and Other Precipitates1 copy · $12,500
Endgame Fin de Partie suivi de Acte Sans Paroles1 copy · $5,500
Watt1 copy · $5,500
Nohow On1 copy · $2,200
WAITING FOR GODOT: A TRAGICOMEDY IN TWO ACTS1 copy · $1,500
Ill Seen, Ill Said Signed limited edition1 copy · $1,250
Catastrophe. For Václav Havel1 copy · $1,000
Comment Dire1 copy · $1,000
Market context
41 copies of Samuel Beckett's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $69 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Molloy, first edition, Paris, Les editions de Minuit, 1951; and c.30 others, Beckett, larg (forum, 2026-07-23)£550
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