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ref. 21470NY: Dutton nd. Advance excerpt. 19 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Prints a poem by John L'Heureux and a story each by Hemingway and Francine Prose. NY: Dutton unknown books
1974ref. 25341Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1974. First edition. 12 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. Sparrow 19. Morrow & Cooney 176. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, unknown books
1991ref. 21992NY: Dutton 1991. Uncorrected proof. 385 pp. Publication notes inked to front cover and spine else near fine in printed wrappers. SIGNED by Oates on the title page. Promotional flyer laid in. NY: Dutton unknown books
1959ref. 4833NY: Random House 1959. First edition. 481 pp. Previous owner’s name inside front board else near fine in very good dust jacket with a chip. Prints Joyce’s ULYSSES IN NIGHTTOWN along with plays by Sean O’Casey Jean Anouilh Jacquetta Hawkes & J.B. Priestly James Lee Alfred Hayes and James Forsyth. NY: Random House unknown books
1991ref. 21543NY: Plume. 1991. First trade paperback edition. 98 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Photocopied letter from a Plume editor to Oates laid in detailing the sending of comp copies and noting that the first printing of this edition was 20000 copies. NY: Plume. paperback books
1984ref. 30338NY: Dutton 1984. First trade edition. 482 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with wear to top of spine. Oates’ third ‘nineteenth century’ novel a mystery/ detective novel following the gothic saga BELLEFLEUR and the romance A BLOODSMOOR ROMANCE. NY: Dutton unknown books
1973ref. 35434Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1973. Second trade paperback printing. 60 pp w/notes. Fine in printed wrappers. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, paperback books
1981ref. 8449Tulsa: Univesity of Tulsa 1981. Volume 18 Number 4. Summer. Very near fine in printed wrappers. Tilly Eggers Mary Beth Pringle Margaret McBride and Alan M. Cohn contribute. Tulsa: Univesity of Tulsa unknown books
1994ref. 21758NY: Dutton 1994. Advance reading copy. 608 pp. Bump at base of spine else fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. With accompanying reader's guide for WHAT I LIVED FOR and other recent novels by Oates. NY: Dutton unknown books
1977ref. 30548Toronto: Coach House 1977. First edition. Unpaginated 31 pp. Near fine in stapled wrappers. One of 500 copies. Nelson's first book. Toronto: Coach House, unknown books
1976ref. 11115Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow 1976. First edition. 12 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers. A single short story issued as Sparrow 45. Morrow & Cooney 237. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, unknown books
1974ref. 16924Los Angeles: Black Sparrow 1974. First trade paperback printing. 87 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, paperback books
1983ref. 21547NY: Dutton 1983. First edition. 212 pp. Fine in fine dust jacketwith light wrinkles to crown and spine. NY: Dutton unknown books
1992ref. 35978Frankfort: Gnomon Press 1992. First edition. 97 pp w/epilogue. Very good plus in printed wrappers. One of 1200 copies. Frankfort: Gnomon Press unknown books
1991ref. 35980Dublin: New Writers' Press 1991. First edition. 243 pp w/notes. Fine in wrappers and fine dust jacket. Dublin: New Writers' Press unknown books
1970ref. 629421Ontario: Orange Bear Reader 1970. Unbound. Fine. First edition. 10" x 13" broadside poem laid into printed paper folder. One of 500 copies printed. Fine. In original publisher's mailing envelope which is a bit soiled. Orange Bear Reader unknown books
1939ref. 1401768New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American Edition First Printing Second State Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Octavo 628 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Housed in publisher's moderately worn green cloth slip case bearing red labels with gilt lettering to spine. Protected within slip case in publisher's green cloth folders with green marbled paper inside. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering price uncut: "$5.00." Sunning to spine. Rubbing and tearing along edges of dust jacket. Largest tear at at tail of spine. Some material loss to dust jacket primarily at head of spine and at top corners. Scuffing to dust jacket. Rubbing along extremities of boards. Mild scuffing to cloth. Textblock slightly sunken. Fading to dye at top edge of textblock. Gutter visible at half title page and at page 628. Age toning throughout textblock. Features a 16 page pamphlet titled "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake As Prepared by the Author after Publication of the First Edition" protected with plastic sleeve and stored in rear of textblock. Front inner flap reads "Regular Edition $5.00" making this a second state dust jacket. CM Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1401768. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1934ref. 69989Shanghai China 1934. Two leaves three pages on Joyce's stationery 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. approx. 375 words and an addressed envelope rubber stamped in the upper right corner "State Steamship Co. Shanghai Nov. 10 1934. Received." Accompanied by a printed Christmas card bound with green ribbon and a printed image of a green flag and ribbon for C.P.S. Wenhsing on the cover a printed sentiment on the verso and a black & white snapshot 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. of a ship tipped in. Five other black & white snapshots 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. or slightly smaller are laid in loose each captioned on the verso in Joyce's hand. Joyce writes from the Preventive Cruiser "Wen Hsing" although the return address on the envelope is for the Chinese Maritime Customs Revenue Dept. Customs House Shanghai. The letter to Capt. Dyer of the S.S. General Sherman States Steam Ship Co. Hamilton House Shanghai encloses the Christmas card and several photos Joyce presumes will interest him: "I am sorry I haven't more or better ones but my camera is too big to take around in the motor boat." One image is of the Preventive Cruiser Wen Hsing similar to the tipped in image in the card; two are of traditional Chinese Junks one captioned in some detail as a 5 masted Shantung junk; one of a fortified compound on a hill described on the verso: "we have a guard here as it has been threatened by Pirates;" and one of two captured pirates aboard ship tied up by their wrists and several others lying bleeding on the deck. Joyce goes on to respond to Dyer's questions about obtaining Chinese furniture. He notes that it is not easy to get anything ready-made and that the best recourse is to have articles made to suit. He advises the Captain to put in an order with a local company and provide a sketch of what he wants. He also reports on mutual acquaintances and says he has heard some reassuring words of praise "from uptown" for Capt. Dyer's work which he quotes: "your friend Captain Dyer is in very good repute with the line. Everything seems to go well on his ship." T.W. Joyce an American served with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from Jan. 4 1934 until Jan. 12 1941 according to records of the China Families database of men and women who worked in China between the 1850s and the 1940s sponsored by the University of Bristol. Beginning with the Treaty of Nanking in 1843 British merchants were involved in the opening of Chinese ports to foreign trade and as such were interested in the security of their ships. The Chinese Maritime Customs Service originally established in 1854 as the Imperial Maritime Customs "was a foreign-administered agency of the Chinese government. Across the nearly one hundred years of its existence some 22000 men and women but mostly men from many different nationalities served in the Customs. Half of those listed were Chinese a quarter were British. The rest included French German Japanese Americans Russians Norwegians Italians and many more." The growing international population resulted in the creation of the Shanghai International Settlement an area under international control. Joyce was in Shanghai at a volatile time. Pirates regularly attacked merchant ships along the China coast often boarding as passengers before taking over the boat robbing fellow travelers and escaping with goods and occasionally hostages. One such incident is recorded in June 1934 for the China Navigation Company's merchant ship "Shuntien." In her second voyage she was taken over by pirates who beached her along the coast between Tientsin and Chefoo taking hostages and disappearing inland. Some of the crew left behind were told the pirates were retaliating for the Chinese Maritime Customs having stationed an extra customs cruiser in Shantung Bay interfering with their smuggling routes. see: A.D.Blue's article "Piracy on the China Coast" in the Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society vol. 5 1965 p. 83 In addition to dealing with piracy the increasing dominance of the Japanese in Shanghai elevated tensions with the Chinese population and resulted in the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and the Battle of Shanghai in that same year. unknown books
1968ref. 021823New York: Limited Editions Club 1968. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly soiled Fine slipcase. Brian Keogh. Large octavo 6-1/2" x 9-3/4" bound in green boards with a black leather spine stamped in gold. Copy #1085 of 1500 illustrated with full-page color plates and part-page line drawings by Brian Keogh and SIGNED by him on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1920ref. 021432Paris 24 November 1920. Letter. Close to Fine. Small 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "James Joyce" to Madame Yasushi Tanaka Louise Gebhard Cann on blue paper integral with envelope which is addressed in Joyce's hand and postmarked on the verso. In full: "Dear Madam In reply to your letter I shall call on you on Sunday afternoon next as it seems to be the most convenient time for you. Sincerely yours James Joyce." Louise Gebhard Cann was a prominent writer and art critic in early 20th century France. At Ezra Pounds suggestion Cann wrote to Joyce requesting an interview with him for an article on writers in France set to appear in an upcoming issue of THE PACIFIC REVIEW. Following publication of the "Nausicaa" episode of ULYSSES in THE LITTLE REVIEW the previous year Joyces writing was deemed obscene. This particular issue of THE LITTLE REVIEW was effectively banned in the United States and it is believed that because of the controversy the editors then decided to omit any mention of Joyce from the finished article published in the March 1921 issue of THE PACIFIC REVIEW. Ellman JAMES JOYCE LETTERS III: 32. unknown books
1986ref. 020929New York: Limited Editions Club 1986. hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Robert Ballagh. Quarto 8-1/2" x 11" bound in quarter dark green Oasis goat leather and Irish handkerchief linen turned over the boards. Illustrated with 6 photogravures by Robert Ballagh printed on handmade paper. Introduction by Thomas Flanagan. Copy #887 of 1000 numbered copies SIGNED by the photographer and by Flanagan on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1916ref. 020418New York: Laurence J. Gomme 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear and spotting to the spine mild wear to corners. Very Good lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Earliest issue without publisher Mitchell Kennerley's plate on the front pastedown. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Father Philbin/from/Joyce Kilmer/Nov. 22 1916/For punctuality/and good conduct." A delightful inscription by the devout poet soldier who was killed at the Second Battle of Marne in 1918 at the age of 31. Laurence J. Gomme hardcover books
1927ref. 020496New York: Two Worlds Publishing Company January 1927. First Edition. wraps. Slight soiling; wrinkling and chipping to spine tips. Very Good copy of this fragile periodical. Original printed stapled wraps. A bowdlerized and unauthorized reprint the fifth of thirteen published by Roth of Joyce's ULYSSES which had been banned in the United States on grounds of obscenity. Two Worlds Publishing Company paperback books
1936ref. 018988New York: The Black Sun Press 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Partly unopened. Light soiling mostly to the rear; spine darkened. Near Fine. Small octavo 4-1/2" x 6-5/8" in publisher's cream-white boards spine lettered in blue front cover stamped in blue with floral ornaments. Frontispiece portrait by Augustus John. Copy #576 of 800 numbered copies. A Presentation copy with Joyce's engraved visiting-card INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the verso in green ink: "Avec mes meilleures/voeux pour Noël et/la Nouvelle Année. Paris '37 James Joyce." On the recto Joyce has scored through his name in green ink and there is a green ink blot in the upper left corner. The Black Sun Press hardcover books
1983ref. 017458Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc. 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Small tear at the bottom of the front cover; slight strip of sunning to the front edge. Near Fine and uncommon. Uncorrected Proof in tall 10-3/4" printed green wraps. First Prize went to Raymond Carver's "A Small Good Thing." Publication date and price in ink on the front cover. Doubleday & Company, Inc. paperback books
