Description: Murphy. Samuel Beckett . Published by Grove Press: Evergreen (E-104) New York, NY, 1957. First paperbound; First Printing indicated by the fact that there are no subsequent printings listed, in conformity with Grove Press's customary practice at the time of publication; paperbound edition. First Printing, often simultaneous with a hardbound edition Originally published in 1938, this is the first American Edition. The Regular Issue, in white, black and red swrappers.light scuffing general wear else firm good; 282 pages. Signed ownership"George P. Elliot" (writer, poet) on half title page. Murphy, first published in 1938, is an avant-garde novel as well as the third work of prose fiction by the Irish author and dramatist Samuel Beckett. The book was Beckett's second published prose work after the short-story collection More Pricks than Kicks (published in 1934) and his unpublished first novel Dream of Fair to Middling Women (published posthumously in 1992). It was written in English, rather than the French of much of Beckett's later writing. After many rejections, it was published by Routledge on the recommendation of Beckett's painter friend Jack Butler Yeats.
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Evergreen Book
Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
Topic: Literature, Modern
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1957
