Stephen Hero: A Part of the First Draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Joyce, James. Edited by Theodore Spencer
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good (No Dust Jacket)
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1944. First American edition. Boards. Good (No Dust Jacket). 8vo, 234 pp., b/w plates. Spine cocked and faded, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped with corners splitting, covers sunned and stained, foxing to covers and page edges, margins of plates foxed, light discoloration to endpapers, front hinge starting.
Synopsis
Stephen Hero is a posthumously-published autobiographical novel by Irish author James Joyce. Its published form reflects only a portion of an original manuscript, part of which was lost. Many of its ideas were used in composing A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17251
- Title
- Stephen Hero: A Part of the First Draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Author
- Joyce, James. Edited by Theodore Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (No Dust Jacket)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
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- Bookseller catalogs
- James Joyce;
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.