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James Joyce. Finnegans Wake. ...
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Description
James Joyce. Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1939.8vo. Publisher's brick red buckram, spine stamped in gilt. Uncut and unopened as issued. Publisher's yellow cloth slipcase, stamped "Made in England" inside of the case.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 122 of 425 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. A letter from the Viking Press, September 9, 1947, states: "We also brought out and sold a limited edition of 310 copies the sheets of which were imported from the English publisher Faber & Faber. Our limited edition is identical with that of the British publisher and bears both imprints. The covers for the limited edition were made in England but the actual binding was done in the United States." 310 copies were sent to the United States instead of the 300 noted in the statement of limitation (Slocum & Cahoon).
Condition: Touch of edgewear. A few preliminary leaves and final leaves apparently reinforced with cloth tape, a bit over-opened. Slipcase worn and stained, cloth beginning to detach in one corner.
References: Slocum & Cahoon A49.
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2024 October 10 - 11 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6289 (go to Auction Home page)
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