Beckett, Samuel. WHOROSCOPE.
$12,500.00
Paris: Hours Press, 1930. First edition. 8vo. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. The rest of the edition comprised 200 unsigned copies. This copy bears the scarce original wraparound label, announcing the young author as prize-winner of a contest sponsored by the Hours Press to compose a poem on the concept of time. Beckett, who at the time was indigent, swiftly composed an elaborate Cartesian narrative as the contest deadline loomed. He completed it: "Half before dinner, had a guzzle of salad and Chambertin ... and finished it about three in the morning." A just about fine copy of this fragile publication. Housed in a custom-made chemise and slipcase. Printed wrappers