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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 books
1909rif. 470075Dublin / London: Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd./ Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition an unrecorded thick-paper issue the sheets bulk approximately 1 7/16 inches. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Contains three poems by James Joyce Slocum and Cahoon B3. This issue printed on heavy stock paper is an unrecorded variant not cited by Slocum with the following differences from Slocum: sheets bulk 1 7/16 inches instead of 1 9/32 inches top edge gilt instead of all edges gilt lower spine has publisher's name in two lines instead of the three lines as cited in Slocum. Owner's ink name dated 1960 on front flyleaf front cover has light discoloration else a near fine copy. Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press hardcover books
1909rif. 470074Dublin / London: Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd./ Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition an unrecorded thick-paper issue the sheets bulk approximately 1 7/16 inches. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Contains three poems by James Joyce Slocum and Cahoon B3. This issue printed on heavy stock paper is an unrecorded variant not cited by Slocum with the following differences from Slocum: sheets bulk 1 7/16 inches instead of 1 9/32 inches top edge gilt instead of all edges gilt lower spine has publisher's name in two lines instead of the three lines as cited in Slocum. Bookplate on front pastedown front cover has slight wear at tip of one corner spine gilt a bit rubbed and dull owner's bookplate on front pastedown else a bright and near fine copy. Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press hardcover books
1992rif. 499006New York: Dutton 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Owner label and tiny ink mark on front fly light wear at spine ends near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with modest edgewear and an interior dampstain along the front spine fold. Dutton hardcover books
1986rif. 500221Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine dust jacket with just a bit of wear. Number 41 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown books
1980rif. 500218New York: Albondocani Press 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Marbled wrappers. Light edgewear near fine. Copy 127 of 326 Signed by the author. Albondocani Press unknown books
2004rif. 513493New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers/ An Otto Penzler Book 2004. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Carroll & Graf Publishers/ An Otto Penzler Book unknown books
1975rif. 506118New York: The Vanguard Press 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Faint spotting on the top page edge else fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning. The Vanguard Press hardcover books
1957rif. 507926Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company 1957. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover illustrated by Tom Lea. Quarto. 98pp. Illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. Topedge spine and cover edges lightly foxed near fine. Publisher's advertisement tipped on front wrap. Contains "The Writing of Ulysses: Letters of James Joyce" edited by Stuart Gilbert; printing for the first time numerous letters from James Joyce. Additional contributions by P. Tremayne Harry Mark Petrakis Elia Kazan May Sarton and more. The Atlantic Monthly Company) unknown books
1960rif. 508905New York: Caedmon Publishers 1960. Softcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Tall octavo. 25pp. Stapled self-wrappers. Wrappers tanned with a cover stain lower wrap with a bit of very shallow abrading and foredge with a tiny stain barely affecting the margins of the last few pages near very good. A portion of Joyce's novel published in conjunction with the release of the Caedmon Records recording of readings from Finnegans Wake. Caedmon Publishers unknown books
1942rif. 517590London: Faber and Faber 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first impression later state with acknowledgments slip at page 8. Introduction and selections by T.S. Eliot. 12mo. Tiny bookseller ticket Grolier Book Shop on front fly binding slightly cocked near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few tiny chips and tears and a toned spine. Poet and scholar Samuel French Morse's copy with his attractive pictorial bookplate on the front flyleaf. Selections from: 'The Sisters' from Dubliners and extracts from A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1918rif. 508502Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. A fine copy with text partially unopened in about fine publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket with very slight wear. Slocum & Cahoon A5- issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1947rif. 502921London: Michael Joseph 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by the author. Small bookseller ticket on rear pastedown else about fine in a price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a few short tears along the top edge and a moderately toned spine. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1969rif. 507562Lafayette Indiana: The Modern Fiction Club of the Purdue University Department of English 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 184pp. Green wrappers. Spine sunned near fine. James Joyce Special Number devoted entirely to Joyce criticism including a 78-page checklist of Joyce criticism. Contains essays by B. Benstock J. White R. Jenkins P. Herring W. Jenkins E. Steinberg G. Geckle and M. Murphy. The Modern Fiction Club of the Purdue University, Department of English unknown books
1994rif. 506714New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. Conceived and designed by Bob Cato. Edited by Greg Vitiello. Quarto. 112pp. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a very faint tideline along bottom of front panel and spine. Advance Review Copy with publisher's letter laid in. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1994rif. 509680New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. Conceived and designed by Bob Cato. Edited by Greg Vitiello. Quarto. 112pp. Illustrated. Fine in a fine dust jacket with light uneven tanning to the edges and spine. W.W. Norton & Company hardcover books
1918rif. 506607Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small ink squiggle on front pastedown and very small chip at the corner of rear fly near fine lacking the publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1932rif. 518332The Hague Holland: The Servire Press 1932. Softcover. Good. First edition. Large octavo. 325 ads pp. Pictorial wrappers with cover art by Hans Arp. Illustrated reproducing work by Hans Arp and Giacometti. Spine is evenly browned with moderate chipping at tips of spine lacking rear wrapper title page is foxed with light foxing to a few leaves else a near very good copy. Contains the first appearance of Samuel Beckett's "Sedendo et Quiesciendo" F&F 12 also contains a section devoted to James Joyce entitled "Homage to James Joyce" printing original contributions by Joyce S&C C82 and C83 and reproducing a manuscript page from "Work in Progress." Other contributions by Gertrude Stein Wilson C93 H. L. Mencken Kay Boyle Franz Kafka et al. The Servire Press unknown books
2000rif. 514833Athens: The University of Georgia Press 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Bottom corners modestly bumped throughout causing a tiny tear on the front cover thus near fine in just about fine dust jacket with corresponding gentle bumping. Advance copy with material including an author photo laid in. "The story of Hinachuba Lucia a Native American wise woman caught in the rapidly changing world." from the dust jacket. The University of Georgia Press hardcover books
1937rif. 504852Copenhagen: Schultz Forlag 1937. Softcover. Near Fine. First Danish edition. Text in Danish. Pictorial wrappers. Pages unopened foxing on rear wrap and topedge lightly toned spine very good. Schultz Forlag unknown books
1971rif. 517075Barcelona: Editorial Lumen 1971. Softcover. Near Fine. First Spanish edition. Text in Spanish. Translated by Andres Bosch. 12mo. 390pp. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Light edgewear with a faint crease on the spine near fine. Latin American scholar and author Ilan Stavans' copy with his dated ink signature blindstamp and small rubberstamp name on title page. Issued as "Palabra en el Tiempo No. 71 Editorial Lumen unknown books
1957rif. 504314Minneapolis: McCosh's Book Store 1957. Hardcover. Fine. First American edition and first hardcover edition originally published as a pamphlet in Dublin in 1901. Tall octavo. 18pp. Printed cloth. Slight soiling else a fine copy issued without printed dust jacket. Limited to 500 copies. McCosh's Book Store hardcover books
2003rif. 513486New York: The Modern Library 2003. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. Originally published in 1967; re-issued as part of the series Modern Library 20th Century Rediscovery. The Modern Library unknown books
2002rif. 512283Kingston New York: McPherson & Co 2002. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected proof. Quarto. Prong-bound into unprinted white folder with pockets. Printed horizontally rectos only two pages to a leaf. Folder lightly soiled with small creases and a small stain on the rear panel very good or better. Publisher's promotional material housed in interior pocket. McPherson & Co unknown books
1967rif. 509700Dublin: New Writers' Press 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Edited by Michael Smith. Stapled wrappers. Owner's name and date on title page staples slightly oxidized near fine. New Irish Poets series. Author's first book. Joyce co–founded New Writers’ Press in 1967 and was a founding editor of NWP's The Lace Curtain. New Writers' Press unknown books
