Collection: Collection of American Theater Director Alan Schneider (1917-1984)BECKETT, SAMUEL
Five Samuel Beckett titles, three in the original French, each inscribed. Comprising:
Nouvelles et Textes Pour Rien. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1958. Limited edition, number 864 0f 2000 inscribed "For Alan and Jean with love from Sam Paris July 1972." Original wrappers in glassine;
La Manivelle. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, inscribed by Beckett in 1961, wrappers;
La Derniere Bande. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, inscribed by Beckett in 1960, wrappers.
Krapp’s Last Tape (translation of La Derniere Bande), Grove Press, The Evergreen Original paperback edition, 1960, inscribed in 1960 and also signed by Alan Schneider, wrappers, some wear;
And the first English edition of Krapp’s Last Tape and Embers, Faber and Faber, inscribed by Beckett in 1971. Original wrappers.
Very minor toning to wrappers, otherwise a very fine group.
Provenance: Collection of Alan Schneider (1917-1984); Following the death of Alan Schneider in 1984, these materials were retained by Schneider’s widow, Eugenie Schneider, who died in the summer of 2025 at 101 years old.
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