Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers RARE BOOK & COLLECTORS SALE 6th & 7th, December 2022

132 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 728. Beckett (Samuel). TLS, in French, 21 Novembre 1963, from Paris, on plain paper, to ‘Cher Monsieur’, he is happy to hear from (his friend) Robert Pinget how well the performances of ‘Ici ou Ailleurs’ have been going, and the great care which has been given to the production, etc. With a copy of Beckett’s Poemes, Minuit 1968, first, no. 422 of 550 copies, also Pinget’s La Manivelle / The Old Tune with English translation by Beckett, 1960, and a programme for ‘Hier oder Anderswo’ [‘Ici ou Ailleurs’] by Pinget. As a collection (4). €500 - €700 729. Beckett (Samuel), An Autograph Letter Signed “Sam” to Cher Alain, 1pp, written in French, dated Paris 3.8.1963, the letter references in haste “that he is sending the first two pages of his translation of his monologue” comment c’est [How it is] as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €300 - €400