Watt galley proof
Watt galley proof
Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989. Watt.
Beckett's second completed novel, Watt, was written in English while he was in the French Resistance and in hiding in the South of France during World War II. It remained unpublished until 1953 when Alexander Trocchi brought it out in collaboration with Maurice Girodias.
Proof contains edit marks in three hands: Beckett's, Trocchi's, and unknown (possibly Richard Seaver's). Numerous mistakes remained when it was published, which frustrated Beckett. He corrected them for the first American edition.
Beckett, Samuel
MSS008 Box 4 Folder 72
Olympia Press / Collection Merlin
circa 1953
Trocchi, Alexander
PR6003.E282 W3 1953 Spec Copy 1: Off-white paper wrappers; glassine dust jacket. In a specially designed protective case, 22 cm.
Spec Copy 1: First edition, fine paper issue (limited to 25 lettered copies, all signed by the author).
Spec Copy 2: Crimson paper wrappers. Bears the author's autograph signature on title page.
Spec Copies 2-3: First edition, trade issue.
Spec Copy 3: In a specially designed protective case, 20 cm. Leaf for p. 17/18 misbound during restoration work. Bears the author's signed autograph presentation inscription to Aidan Higgins. Also bears the author's ms. additions to text on p. 19.
MSS008 Box 4 Folder 73: Watt Typescript [photocopy], 1 page. 1 item. Includes identifying note by Henry Wenning.
MSS116 Box 37 Folder 28: Materials toward the printing of Watt
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