Bing/Ping by Samuel Beckett, 2010
Reinhold Nasshan / Einhand Press, Landau, Germany
Nasshan like Beckett is a lover of language, the musicality and absurdity of language. Here are the French and English editions of ‘Bing’ and ‘Ping’ side by side, with typical Nasshan typography which stresses the ‘Bings’ and ‘Pings’ and the many appearances of the words ‘blanc’ and ‘white’. Beckett wrote the French version first, the English translation appearing a year later in 1967.
Unique book, 212 x 155mm, two leporellos, digitally printed on translucent paper glued to front and back boards covered with black cloth with metallic foil confectionery trays also glued front and back, contained within a black box which has tin foil glued to the lid and scored at the edges.
£400 (plus P&P and insurance)