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MacGreevy, Thomas: Collected Poems
Dublin: New Writers' Press, 1971
Thomas Dillon Redshaw (ed.)
Samuel Beckett (foreword)
Reading traces on: 11*, 12*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Machiavelli, Niccolò: Le Istorie fiorentine
Florence: Successori Le Monnier, 1888
Reading traces on: 8, 10*, 11, 12, 13, 14. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - marginalia: 8 / 10 [Dedication]; 11-14 ['Proemio dell'Autore] - underlining and side marking with coloured pencils favoured by SB. From page 17 onward throughout the text there are numerous marks, underlinings and marginal comments in fine pencil - the hand does not appear to be SB's [these have not been scanned];- previous owner's name: 'Th. [Joyut?]"; - first pages of book too fragile - title page not scanned
Maeterlinck, Maurice: Théâtre, Vol. 1
Paris: Charpentier, n.d. [1939]
La Princesse Maleine, L'Intruse, Les Aveugles
Location: Beckett International Foundation, The University of Reading
Inscription: xxxx
Reading traces on: XI, XIII.
Magnin, J.: La Peinture au Musée de Dijon
Besançon: Imprimerie Jacques et Demontrond, 1933
3e édition revue et complétée
Location: Lilly Library - Indiana University Bloomington
Reading traces on: card-FR-1*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Mauriac, François: La Vie de Jean Racine
Paris: Plon, 1928
Reading traces on: 35, 49, 51, 80, 85, 86, 88, 95, 97, 99, 105, 120*, 124, 129*, 130, 131*, 140*, 142*, 165, 169, 193, 194*, 198, 200*, 227*, 229*, 242*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache, Vol. 1
Leipzig: F. Meiner, 1923
3rd ed.
Reading traces on: xi, xiv, xv, xvi, 2, 13, 19, 31, 33, 35, 41, 42, 43, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 77, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 97, 98, 102, 103, 104, 110, 119, 134, 135, 136, 137, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 162*, 164*, 166, 167, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 181, 183, 185, 188, 193, 199, 200, 202, 203, 204, 209, 210, 213, 219, 225, 228, 229, 230, 243, 244, 245, 247, 250, 251, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 274, 275, 276, 278, 280, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 300, 303, 304, 306, 316, 317, 318, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 346, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 358, 359, 360, 361, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 372, 373, 375, 376, 377, 379, 382, 391, 393, 396, 397, 399, 403, 405, 409, 410, 411, 413, 414, 415, 422, 424, 425, 427, 428, 429, 433, 436, 437, 438, 439, 446, 448, 449, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456, 457, 459, 460, 463, 466, 469, 470, 471, 473, 485, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 495, 506, 517, 520, 521, 522, 523, 531, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 538, 540, 541, 543, 546, 547, 553, 554, 557, 558, 561, 564, 566, 568, 570, 571, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 586, 587, 588, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 597, 598, 600, 601, 603, 604, 606, 607, 611, 612, 615, 617, 618, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 641, 642, 643, 646, 647, 648, 650, 652, 654, 655, 656, 666, 667, 669, 670, 671, 676, 678, 680, 681, 682, 684, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 693, 695, 696, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 709, 712, 713, 715, 717, 719. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - inside cover of volume 1: '1/3 20.-' - the pencil marks in the margins are probably not Beckett's (Van Hulle and Nixon 2013, 158-163)
Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache, Vol. 2
Leipzig: F. Meiner, 1923
3rd ed.
Reading traces on: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 55, 56, 58, 71, 83, 99, 100, 123, 132, 138, 140, 141, 144, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 187, 189, 192, 193, 194, 197, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 208, 214, 216, 219, 220, 222, 226, 227, 232, 245, 248, 267, 268, 269, 270, 272, 274, 276, 282, 283, 285, 289, 293, 295, 296, 299, 300, 301, 315, 316, 323, 325, 329, 330, 337, 348, 349, 354, 355, 356, 371, 384, 385, 409, 410, 411, 423, 426, 427, 428, 432, 433, 434, 437, 438, 444, 450, 454, 455, 456, 457, 460, 461, 474, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 483, 487, 489, 498, 507, 513, 514, 515, 525, 526, 550, 551, 552, 555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 562, 567, 570, 576, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 586, 587, 588, 589, 594, 595, 596, 597, 613, 614, 618, 629, 646, 649, 651, 652, 657, 659, 676, 683, 684, 685, 687, 689, 691, 695, 697, 699, 700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718.
Notes: the pencil marks in the margins are probably not Beckett's (Van Hulle and Nixon 2013, 158-163)
Mauthner, Fritz: Beiträge zu einer Kritik der Sprache, Vol. 3
Leipzig: F. Meiner, 1923
3rd ed.
Reading traces on: 2, 3, 10, 42, 43, 48, 56, 80, 81, 84, 101, 133, 137, 153, 154, 189, 197, 198, 207, 208, 214, 216, 217, 223, 224, 234, 235, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 249, 251, 253, 255, 256, 257, 258, 266, 267, 271, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 297, 309, 311, 321, 332, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 359, 362, 363, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 373, 384, 393, 395, 396, 401, 402, 416, 420, 421, 422, 423, 431, 458, 459, 461, 462, 463, 468, 472, 473, 474, 475, 479, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 492, 493, 495, 515, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 529, 530, 532, 535, 536, 541, 542, 544, 547, 552, 553, 556, 564, 565, 567, 568, 569, 578, 579, 580, 585, 591, 592, 596, 597, 599, 602, 603, 604, 605, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 621, 622, 626, 627, 628, 629, 631, 632, 634, 635, 636, 639, 640, 641, vii, x, xi, xvi.
Notes: the pencil marks in the margins are probably not Beckett's (Van Hulle and Nixon 2013, 158-163)
McGreevy, Thomas: Poems
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934
Inscription: 'Sam / from Tom / Chelsea, England, May,/ 1934'.
Reading traces on: 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 18*, 27, 30*, 31*, 35, 38, 38insert, 45*, 51, 52, 53*, 55, 56, 57. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - all marginal lines and notes made in red pen;- inserted on page 38, a cutting which includes MacGreevy's poem 'On the Death of Joseph Djugashvili alias Stalin' - Beckett's note on top of page reads 'Univ Review / June [62]'
Meister, Alten: Katalog der Staatlichen Gemälde-Galerie zu Dresden
Berlin: Julius Bard, Verlag for Literatur und Kinst, G. M. B. H., 1930
Location: Lilly Library - Indiana University Bloomington
Reading traces on: 71*, 161*, 167*, 168, 178*, 179*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Ministeriums für Volksbildung
Michaut, G.: Sainte-Beuve
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1921
Reading traces on: flyer, flyerinsert*, 192*, 193*, 195*, 200*, 203*, 205*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - inside front cover attached flyer from 'Librairie Gibert', which also carries date '9-1-24';- on front of this paper SB (presumably) has noted names of French writers
Milton, John: Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books. To Which is Added Samson Agonistes, etc.
London: printed for J. Tonson, 1713
5th ed.
Reading traces on: inscover, inscription.
Molière: L'Avare
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1918
8th ed.
G. Lanson (ed.)
Location: Currently for sale at Peter Harrington, London [april 2016]
Inscription: 'Samuel B. Beckett / Trinity College / Dublin. / Hilary Term - 1924'
Inscription: 'Daniel de W. Rogers. / T.C.D. / Michaelmas Term 1950.'
Reading traces on: 64*, 65*, 71*, 99*, 103*, 108*, 149*, 154*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - The inscription is followed by a second ownership inscription by the linguist Prof. Daniel de Warrenne Rogers, dated 1950, and a stamped seal of the second-hand bookstore 'Fred Hanna Ltd' (Nassau Street). - The volume contains the menu for the Summer Commencements Dinner, 2 July 1959 (signed by Beckett and four others, notably Walter Starkie, professor of Spanish and Italian), which was the occasion on which Beckett received the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters at Trinity College, Dublin. - The TCD Calendars mention another edition: Molière: L'Avare, edited by Alfred Thomas Baker, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1918. - Marginalia: notes primarily in Beckett's hand but some made by Rogers, mainly translations of difficult vocabulary. - Scans: only a sample of the 19 annotated pages are included here, the original book is for sale at Peter Harrington, London.
Molière: Théâtre complet, Vol. 2
Paris: Bibliothèque Hachette, n.d.
Inscription: S. B. Beckett / July 1926
Reading traces on: 206*, 207*, 212*, 234, 257*, 258*, 259, 268*, 314*, 315*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: - volume III is missing; - marginalia: volume 2: from La Princesse d'Élide: 206-207 / 212 / 234; from Tartuffe: 257-9 / 268 / 314-5
Molière: Théâtre complet, Vol. 4
Paris: bibliothèque Hachette, n.d.
Inscription: S. B. Beckett / July 1926
Reading traces on: 292insertrecto*, 292insertverso*. (*: page contains marginalia)
Notes: scrap of paper inserted into volume four at page 292
Molière: Théâtre complet, Vol. 5
Paris: Bibliothèque Hachette, n.d.
Inscription: S. B. Beckett / July 1926
Reading traces on: 67*, 131*, 138*, 139*, 148. (*: page contains marginalia)
Montaigne, Michel de: Essais
Paris: Gallimard Pléiade, 1958 [1950]
Reading traces on: 32, 33.
Notes: - presumably booksellers information on fly-leaf: '12/10/71 / 53.10 / 40'; - book ribbon at page 66
 on page(s): 32 [zone 1] , 33 [zone 1]
Museum der Bildende Künste zu Leipzig: Museum der Bildenden Künste zu Leipzig: Verzeichnis der Ausgestellten Kunstwerke
Leipzig: 1929
27. Auflage
Location: Lilly Library - Indiana University Bloomington
Reading traces on: 37*, 89*, 93*. (*: page contains marginalia)
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