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1994ref. 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
1994ref. 507574New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Introduction by Anthony Burgess. Conceived and Designed by Bob Cato. Edited by Greg Vitiello. Quarto. 112pp. Illustrated from black and white photocopied photographs. Printed wrappers. Fine. Advance Review Copy with publisher's letter laid in. W.W. Norton & Company unknown books
1969ref. 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
1969ref. 513072Lafayette Indiana: The Modern Fiction Club of the Purdue University Department of English 1969. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 184pp. Green wrappers. Spine is quite faded else a very good copy. 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
1929ref. 22015Paris: Shakespeare And Company 1929. First edition. One of 96 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Our Exagmination contains brief quotations from Work In Progress including a passage concerning Swift and blindness which was not later incorporated in Finnegans Wake. The ‘Letters of Protest' are reputed to have been written by Joyce himself. Slocum & Cahoon B10. Also includes Samuel Beckett's first appearance in print his essay on Joyce entitled "Dante Bruno Vico Joyce." The present copy belonged to Mogens Boisen the Danish translator of Ulysses and is inscribed to him by Sylvia Beach. It also includes two letters from him to a former owner explaining the circumstances whereby he was given the book. Small chip from rear wrapper front wrapper lightly creased otherwise a fine copy with two copies of the publication announcement preserved in a folding board box. 8vo original printed wrappers. Small chip from rear wrapper front wrapper lightly creased otherwise a fine copy with two copies of the publication announcement preserved in a folding board box. Shakespeare And Company unknown books
1909ref. 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
1909ref. 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
1933ref. 58387The Hague Holland: The Servire Press 1933. First Edition. Large octavo pictorial wrappers cover art by Hans Arp 179 pages plus ads illustrated reproducing work by Hans Arp. Contains the first appearance of Joyce Not in Slocum & Calhoon . Covers little loose toned and nicked at extremities. This was writer Dudley Fitts copy with his signature on the cover. A very good copy. from Wikipedia: "Transition was an experimental literary journal that featured surrealist expressionist and Dada art and artists. It was founded in 1927 by poet Eugene Jolas and his wife Maria McDonald and published in Paris. They were later assisted by editors Elliot Paul April 1927- March 1928 Robert Sage October 1927-Fall 1928 and James Johnson Sweeney June 1936-May 1938. The literary journal was intended as an outlet for experimental writing and featured modernist surrealist and other linguistically innovative writing and also contributions by visual artists critics and political activists. It ran until spring 1938. A total of 27 issues were produced. It was distributed primarily through Shakespeare and Company the Paris bookstore run by Sylvia Beach The Servire Press unknown books
ref. 3206631970. Silver print on medium paper stamped. 14 x 11 inches. Fine. Silver print on medium paper stamped. 14 x 11 inches. Photographed in Berenice Abbott's Paris studio the iconic image of Joyce wearing a hat. According to Abbott who relied on natural light for her Paris portraits of the 1920s Joyce wore the hat because of the extreme sensitivity of his eyesight. unknown books
1970ref. 506649Brighton: Clifton Books 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Edited by John Ryan. Octavo. 259pp. Bottom corners lightly bumped else fine in near fine dust jacket with price clipped British price intact. Prints a poem about Joyce by John Montague and contributions by Edna O'Brien Patrick Kavanagh S. Joyce Denis Johnston Thomas McGreevey Benedict Kiely et al. Also reprints Samuel Beckett's "Dante.Bruno.Vico.Joyce. Clifton Books hardcover books
1926ref. 345989New York / Birmingham England: J. Fischer & Bro 1926. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. Unbound folio wrappers with small chip at lower corner circa one-quarter inch in blank margin of corner only former ownership in black ink on top right original seller's stamp at lower right rear cover has one small tear with a small ink blot at upper blank margin toning at upper fore-edge else a very good copy. First edition Low B No. 5774 issue. 4 pp. 4to. A scarce early James Joyce sheet music. OCLC lists a single holding British Library. J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
1926ref. 511475New York: Two Worlds 1926. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 255-396pp. Printed wrappers. A few pages and text block edges a bit foxed covers lightly soiled with a few small abrasions spine slightly faded still very good in very good publisher's paper-covered slipcase with a short bumped tear at one corner and a few nicks. Limited to 500 copies this one unnumbered. Contains a pirated episode of Joyce's "Work in Progress" S&C C65; additional contributions by Arthur Symonds William Hazlitt D.H. Lawrence and more. Two Worlds) unknown books
1918ref. 517072London: The Egoist 1918. Softcover. Good. No. 2 Vol. V February 1918. Editor: Harriet Shaw Weaver. Assistant Editor: T.S. Eliot. Quarto. 18-32pp. Stapled wrappers. The wrappers are detached as are most of the pages but the issue is complete edgewear with chips and tears to the brittle paper and toning a good only copy. Features the poem "Apathy" by Richard Aldington "On the Intellectual Plane" by Horace B. Samuel and more including an excerpt from "Il Marzocco" an Italian review of A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce translated from the Italian into English by Joyce himself Slocum and Cahoon C52. The review is quite positive and enthusiastic one passage reads in part "His book is not alone an admirable work of art and thought; it is also a cry of revolt: it is the desire of a new artist to look upon the world with other eyes to bring to the front his individual theories and to compel a listless public to reflect that there are another literature and another esthetic apprehension beyond those foisted upon us. The Egoist unknown books
1966ref. 590795London: Faber and Faber 1966. Unbound. Fine. Publisher's advertisement. One small quarto sheet folded to make four pages. Measuring approximately 5½" x 8¾" closed. Printed in green and red. Fine with the tiniest rust stain on the first page. A Faber ad for books by and and about James Joyce highlighting Anthony Burgess's Here Comes Everybody and Twelve and a Tilly: Essays on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Finnegan's Wake edited by Jack P. Dalton and Clive Hart. Faber and Faber unknown books
1985ref. 272287New York: Persea Books 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Photographs by Gisele Freund. Slight rubbing to the edges of the boards near fine in a like dustwrapper with minimal wear to the corners and spine ends. Persea Books hardcover books
1947ref. 558522New York: The Viking Press 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 16mo. The binding slightly cocked bumping to the corners a few soil marks on the rear board and the front endpapers very good lacking the dust jacket. The Viking Press hardcover books
1971ref. 507564Windsor Ontario: The University of Windsor Review 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. VII No. 1. Octavo. 101pp. Printed wrappers. Lower wrap and final few leaves with a diagonal crease thus very good. Prints Stephen Karpowitz's six-page essay "A Psychology of the Joycean Artist and Aesthetic" among much else. The University of Windsor Review unknown books
1929ref. 25938Paris: Shakespeare and Company Sylvia Beach 1929. First edition. 3-194 2 p. 191 x 140 mm. 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Original printed paper wrappers. Copy no. 60 of 96 numbered copies printed on Arches paper. Mogens Boisen's copy the Danish translator of Ulysses inscribed to him by Sylvia Beach and with two letters from him to a former owner explaining the circumstances. Small chip from rear wrapper edge light creasing on front wrapper otherwise a fine copy. In a folding box with the announcement. "Dante.Bruno. Vico.Joyce" published here constitutes Samuel Beckett's first appearance in print. Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach unknown books
1957ref. 4587New York: New Directions 1957. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition thus with introduction by Edel. Very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Perhaps too much has been made of this book being Joyce's inspiration for his stream-of-consciousness method but Dujardin's minor place as a point of interest to Joyce scholars is nevertheless secure. Joyce first read the book in French in 1902; it was republished in 1924 soon after Joyce acknowledged its importance to him. This copy has been inscribed by Leon Edel who has provided an introduction for this edition: "Fredrica Laudon with fond memories of our talks last summer in Edgarton and the affectionate regards of Leon Edel. New York 1958." New Directions hardcover books
1926ref. 511478New York: Two Worlds 1926. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 397-566pp. Printed wrappers. Text block edges lightly foxed covers lightly soiled with corners slightly bumped spine creased still very good in about very good publisher's paper-covered slipcase box with moderate wear and two short tears along top edge and a few nicks. Limited to 500 copies this copy unnumbered. Contains a pirated episode of Joyce's Work in Progress S&C C65 and contributions by Frank Harris Max Beerbohm Carol Rakosi Author Symons and more. Two Worlds unknown books
1958ref. 507890Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company 1958. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. 114pp. Illustrated. Pictorial wrappers. A few pages text block edges and wrappers lightly foxed rear wrap slightly rubbed near fine. Contains "The Perceptions of James Joyce" by John V. Kelleher. Also prints "The Years with Roth" by James Thurber and poems by George Abbe and Lawrence Lipton. The Atlantic Monthly Company) unknown books
1957ref. 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
1969ref. 504883Ann Arbor: University of Michigan 1969. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Introduction by William L. Joyce. Octavo. 18pp. Printed wrappers. A fine copy. University of Michigan unknown books
1983ref. 125403Houghton Mifflin 1983. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Signed by Author. First edition first printing. Author inscribed to previous owner John Sampas who was Kerouac's brother in law and the literary representative of the Kerouac estate and signed. Tight binding text unmarked price intact jacket shows very light shelf wear. Please email for photos. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
1983ref. 509278Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. xii 263pp. About fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning and modest edgewear. "Joyce Glassman was twenty-one years old when she met Jack Kerouac on a blind date in Greenwich Village arranged by poet Allen Ginsberg. It was January 1957- nine months before the publication of On the Road. In this remarkable memoir Joyce Johnson remembers her years with Jack Kerouac. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
