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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun

Tales Told of Shem and Shaun

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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Three Fragments from Work in Progress

by JOYCE, James

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About This Item

Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. A lovely copy of this first edition. One of the 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen. Numbered to the colophon. Clean and tidy dust wrapper over soft covers. Glassine wrapper protects this. Glassine has a touch of light creasing. As a frontis is a portrait of the author by C. Brancusi. The book comes with the front and rear boards of the slipcase, bottom edge and the silk ribbon. This is in pieces, and lacks the rear edge and top edge. The boards themselves are clean and neat, and would be suitable for a binders restoration to make a renewed slipcase. Overall, a very attractive copy in excellent condition (slipcase aside). This is the limited first printing of the "Work in progress" that would eventually become "Finegan's Wake." XV, [I], 55 [iii]. Pages. 210 by 170mm (8¼ by 6¾ inches). . Un bel exemplaire de cette première édition. Un des 500 exemplaires sur Holland Van Gelder Zonen. Numéroté au colophon. Couverture souple avec jaquette propre et soignée. L'emballage en glassine protège l'ouvrage. Le glassine est légèrement froissé. En frontispice se trouve un portrait de l'auteur par C. Brancusi. Le livre est livré avec les planches avant et arrière de l'étui, le bord inférieur et le ruban de soie. L'étui est en morceaux et il manque le bord arrière et le bord supérieur. Les planches elles-mêmes sont propres et nettes, et conviendraient à une restauration par un relieur pour refaire l'étui. Dans l'ensemble, il s'agit d'un exemplaire très attrayant en excellent état (à l'exception de l'étui). Il s'agit du premier tirage limité du "Work in progress" qui allait devenir "Finegan's Wake". XV, [I], 55 [iii]. Pages. 210 par 170mm (8¼ par 6¾ pouces).

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Bookseller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books FR (FR)
Bookseller's Inventory #
4424
Title
Tales Told of Shem and Shaun
Author
JOYCE, James
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
The Black Sun Press
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1929
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
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