BECKETT, Samuel.

£3,750 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

All That Fall. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "for Christopher, in friendship, Sam, Paris September 1957". The recipient was the poet Christopher Logue."In 1953 the world at large knew nothing of a middle-aged Irish writer called Samuel Beckett", wrote Logue. "One day I bought [Molloy and Malone]. When I read them I felt my mind expanding". He had just started working with Alexander Trocchi on his English-language literary magazine, Merlin, and knew he wanted to become a publisher. "Beckett was every young publisher's dream come true - a big, almost unknown fish". He published editions of Molloy and Malone Dies. This copy is from the trade issue; a further limited edition of 100 copies and 25 signed and numbered copies were also issued. All That Fall is a radio play in one act for 11 voices, first broadcast by the BBC Third Programme on 14 December 1957.

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