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rif. BN107275Hisarlik Pr. The Medieval Dragon: The Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature The Medieval Dragon: The Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature Hisarlik Pr unknown
2013rif. Manohar-9780415678148Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
2013rif. Manohar-9780415678148Routledge 2013. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
1965rif. 939T90London: Faber and Faber 1965. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Gerald Rose. A superb first edition of this brightly illustrated short story for children from Irish writer James Joyce. First edition. Illustrated with ten full colour pages and numerous in-text images. Not typically considered a writer of children's stories Joyce wrote this work as a letter to his grandson Stephen. He retells the story of the cat of Beaugency a town on the Loire and the difficulties the town experienced when the Devil came to stay. Written by James Augustine Aloysius Joyce an Irish novelist poet and literary critic. Illustrated by Gerald Hembdon Seymour Rose a British illustrator of children's books. In the original full paper covered boards. Externally very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also very smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the panel edges. Minor sunning to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine Faber and Faber hardcover
2011rif. 325215Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine AS NEW IN SHRINKWRAP. Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded bottom and side edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; Signed by Joyce Carol Oates.; Signed First Edition; Signed by Author. Easton Press hardcover
2006rif. __3110121522Walter De Gruyter Inc 2006. Paperback. New. facsimile edition. 333 pages. Latin language. 15.00x10.50x1.00 inches. Walter De Gruyter Inc paperback
1970rif. 55494Paris: Mercure de France 1970. Fine. Mercure de France Paris 1970 15 x 21 cm broché First edition in French one of 60 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only deluxe copies. The correspondence is expanded with Pound's essays on Joyce. Handsome copy. Mercure de France unknown
1929rif. 62685Norfolk Connecticut:: New Directions 1929. First American edition from the French sheets. publisher's blue cloth in dust jacket. Tiny line of sunning at top and bottom of spine; otherwise a fine copy in a bright jacket with a little rubbing and slight use to the spine. . 12mo. New Directions, hardcover
1939rif. 516873Guanajuato Gto. Mexico: Casa Salmans 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Rothwell Bouillon aged twelve; Henry Fournier aged thirteen; and Robert Fournier aged eleven. Thin octavo. 44pp. Green cloth stamped in black. Front fly neatly excised else a near fine copy. A collection of stories written in English by an eleven-year old author with illustrations by three young illustrators aged eleven through thirteen. Author's first book.Text in English. Blank eventually wrote adult fiction. Rare. No copy located by OCLC but which does locates three titles in Spanish that the author published as an adult in 1970's through 1990's. Casa Salmans hardcover
1967rif. 151301Los Angeles: Continental Distributing 1967. Six vintage reference photographs from the 1967 film. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. The first film adaptation of James Joyce's influential modernist novel and one of the only adaptations to take its dialogue directly from the book. The film came under heavy threat of censorship due to profane for the time language and was given an X rating in the UK after director Joseph Strick refused to edit out any of the "offending" passages. Set in Dublin and shot there on location. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus several lightly toned. Continental Distributing unknown
1963rif. 157813New York: Vanguard 1963. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Richard / Joyce Carol Oates." The author's first book. Jacket spine lightly faded and rubbed else Near Fine in an about Near Fine dust jacket. Vanguard unknown
1982rif. 538236New York / Santa Cruz: The Viking Press / The Cowell Press 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition of this excerpt. 12mo. 34pp. last 22 pages blank. Frontispiece photograph. Red silk cloth over boards. Glue that affixes the photo has bled-through a little on the previous page else fine. Copy number 3 of 4 copies printed by JoAnn Berns at The Cowell Press. A brief excerpt from the Joyce novel. OCLC locates a single copy. The Viking Press / (The Cowell Press hardcover
1918rif. 539152Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with laid endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small tape shadows on endpapers where a previous owner probably tried to preserve the original unprinted glassine apparently without success else a very near fine copy lacking the tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover
1923rif. 427747London: The Egoist Press 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. 12mo. Neat owner's name on front fly else very near fine. One of only 107 copies of this very scarce edition. The Egoist Press hardcover
1918rif. 001839New York: B.W. Huebsch 1918. Surprisingly this is the great Irish writer's only dramatic work; it was rejected by Yeats for production at the Abbey Theatre - perhaps therein lies the tale. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Grayish-tan paper-covered boards blindstamped but unfilled; green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Clean text; 154 pages. Very discreet bookseller's label on the front paste-down. Tiniest hints of wear at the edges one must look carefully!; possibly the best copy Quercus has seen. No dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. B.W. Huebsch Hardcover
1958rif. 89491NY: Viking 1958. Eighth US printing. 628 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with light toning and a few small spots to spine. The first edition to incorporate Joyce’s corrections to the text. Much less common than the 1939 first US edition. NY: Viking unknown
1939rif. 053109New York: Viking Press 1939. 1st U.S. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 628pp.; HB blk.w/gilt; slight rub w/hinges cracked; PONstamp; cleantight pgs. DJ pale bluegray w/bluered&white; heavy rub&soil w/2x5"chipspine; wear on edges&corners; tape repairs on spine&edges. Joyce classic 6.25x9.75 Viking Press hardcover
1930rif. 312065Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press 1930. First edition number XV of 75 "Writer's Copies" initialed by publisher Henry Babou. 73 1 pp. 4to. Printed wrappers. Lacking glassine and slipcase spine heavily chipped dampstaining. First edition number XV of 75 "Writer's Copies" initialed by publisher Henry Babou. 73 1 pp. 4to. First edition of this fragment of what would ultimately become Finnegans Wake. Slocum and Cahoon 41 Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press unknown
1927rif. 28729Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First edition. Original green printed boards some fading as usual light wear to spine. contents in excellent condition. Signature on front free endpaper. Errata slip present. Shakespeare and Company unknown
1932rif. 48658London: Faber and Faber 1932. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. First UK edition of this pair of pieces that partly form the enormous puzzle that is FINNEGANS WAKE in lovely condition. Subtitled "Fragments from WORK IN PROGRESS" TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUN would later be included in parts I and III of FINNEGAN'S WAKE as symbolic of the sons of HCE. They were first published in 1929 in Paris at the Black Sun Press in an edition of 600 copies and were quite obscure until the present Faber and Faber edition. A beautiful copy of an important stepping stone on the way to Joyce's final book. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original mint green boards. Original unclipped 2s. 6d. orange dust jacket. 46 pages. Ownership stamp of B. Naumburg to front flyleaf. Jacket with mild edgewear small closed tear near middle of spine. Binding with a touch of edgewear. Tight. Faber and Faber unknown
1932rif. 204268London: Faber & Faber 1932. First English edition. Characteristic marking to boards; minor thumb-dent affecting first few leaves bright copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket with a bit of wear toward the crown. Small 8vo 45pp; pale green boards. First generally available edition of this selection from Finnegans Wake including "Mookse and the Gripes" and "The Ondt and the Gracehoper" originally published in a limited Paris edition by Black Sun Press. Slocum & Cahoon A37. Faber & Faber unknown
1926rif. 19069Paris:: Shakespeare and Company 1926. 8th printing. rebound in limp green morocco t.e.g. Fore-edge browned; front free endpaper slightly chipped and re-inserted on a stub; front hinge neatly repaired; otherwise very good with some light wear to the extremities of the spine. . 8vo. Shakespeare and Company, unknown
rif. 17059Dijon France: Maurice Darantiere The is a curious First Edition copy of James Joyces's ULYSSES. The book is lacking the preliminary pages title page copyright and starts with the famous 1st text page: " Stately plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead. the pagination ends on pages 732 with Trieste-Zuerich-Paris 1914 - 1921. Followed by " Ulysses Additional Corrections" on pages 734 - 736 and printers information at the bottom of page 736 : PRINTED FOR SYLVIA BEACH BY MAUCRICE DARANTIERE AT DIJON FRANCE. Plain carboard covers with linen-taped spine and lettering Joyce Ulysses. Lacking the famous blue papcovers for the wrappers. According to Slcum & Calhoun :"The fourth fifthe and sixth printings were issued in white covers with the title and author printed in blue on the front cover and spine. The fourth and fifth were printed on thick paper of inferior quality and had Price: Sixty Francs printed on the back cover. In the fourth fifth and sixth printings the text was corrected for the errata which had been issued with the second and third printings but more typographical errors which had been discovered were listed as Ulysses Additional corrections and included in the regular pagination pp. 733-736. The seventh printing issued in blue covers with title and author in white also contained these From this information it would appear that the presence of the "Additional corrections" would indicate a later printing it could be 4th 5th 6th or 7th.corrections. I Text and pages clean without scribbles . Would obviously need TLC and rebinding. First Edition. Fair. Maurice Darantiere unknown
2004rif. 250218-MB33London: The Folio Society 2004. Limited edition #1350 of 1750 copies printed to commemorate the June 16th Centenary Ornate hardcover in clamshell slipcase Full Goatskin Leather Blocked with Design by Jeff Clements Blue with Gold and Black design Fine condition. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Slipcase. Illus. by Mimmo Paladino Jeff Clements . The Folio Society Hardcover
rif. CCTM1201St. Benedict Inc. Hardback. Very Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Very Good clean pages little to no markings hardback St. Benedict, Inc hardcover