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1960réf. RJOYFIN00jtmViking Press 1960. Very Good. Joyce James. Finnegans Wake. NY: Viking Press 1960. 628pp. 8vo. Red cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with yellowing chipped edges and few stains. In dust jacket protector. Viking Press hardcover books
1955réf. 318453New York: Viking 1955. sixth. hardcover. very good/very good-. 4 643 pages. Thick 8vo gilt-lettered red cloth d.w. edgeworn and with a few chips. New York: Viking 1955. Sixth printing. Cloth lightly worn at extremities still very good in very good- dust wrapper. This edition includes a list of corrections of misprints as prepared by the author after publication of the first edition. Viking unknown books
1955réf. 577466New York: The Viking Press 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth printing. Page edges lightly toned near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning on the spine and rear panel and a chip and tear at the crown. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939réf. 6104London: Faber and Faber 1939. First trade edition. Near Fine/Very Good . A Near Fine copy of the book in Very Good dust jacket. Contemporary owner's name and bookplate on the front endpapers some foxing to the closed text-block and to the early and late leaves. Price-clipped dust jacket with the yellow titling faded minor chips and tears mostly a the extremities and some smudges to the jacket panels. Among the most influential and complex Modernist works Finnegans Wake "blends the reality of life with a dream world. The motive of the novel inspired by the 18th century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico is that history is cyclical.the novel's plot is nearly as complex as the linguistic tactics deployed by Joyce who combined a number of languages and utilized complex sonic implications to create an atmosphere of wordplay and hidden meaning throughout the entirety of Finnegans Wake" Britannica. A natural progression from his earlier masterpiece Ulysses Finnegans Wake shows Joyce pressing his ability to weave together numerous languages cultural mythologies and national literatures to defy boundaries and binaries we so often lean on to understand the world. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Faber and Faber unknown books
1939réf. 562588New York: The Viking Press 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Large octavo. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine in a moderately worn very good dust jacket that is about 1/8" shorter than the book with shallow chipping at the crown a small faint tape shadow on the front panel and a couple of longer tears at the extremities. A nice presentable copy of the first American edition. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939réf. 140937376New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding lettered in gilt. Fine with fading to topstain near spine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with several tiny edge-tears and very light soiling. A striking copy of a book and jacket typically found in much lesser condition. The Viking Press unknown books
1939réf. 107104Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First US edition stated on copyright page and front flap of dust jacket where the original $5 price is still present. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some moisture staining on the lower corners of the jacket not affecting the book. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
1945réf. 05198FINNEGANS WAKE Viking 1945 fourth American printing vg or better in a less than vg dust-wrapper chipped at the head of the spine and again at the upper right corner of the rear dust-wrapper panel. This edition is apparently the first American edition to contain a list of corrections of misprints as prepared by the author after publication of the first edition. Viking Press unknown books
1999réf. WELLER9780141181264Penguin 1999. New. New book. Penguin unknown books
1999réf. 13883New York: Penguin Books 1999. Later printing. Paperback. As NEW. 628 pp. 21.5 cm; illustrated wraps. With an introduction by John Bishop. Penguin Books paperback books
1943réf. 12364FINNEGANS WAKE Viking 1943 1st ed. 2nd printing near fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping. Viking unknown books
1939réf. 12362FINNEGANS WAKE Faber & Faber 1939 first edition some faint grey specks along the spine else a tight vg copy. Of 425 specially bound copies this is 1/125 copies of the English issue SIGNED by the author. Among the most controversial and important 20th century works of literature. Faber & Faber unknown books
1939réf. 014569London/New York: Faber & Faber/Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Touch of wear to the heel of the spine which is mildly sunned. Lacking the original slipcase but with a custom-made slipcase in its place. Near Fine in a Fine custom slipcase. Original red buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Copy #222 of 425 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. One of the most important books of modern English fiction if not one of the more readable. "Joyce insisted that each word each sentence had several meanings and that the 'ideal lecteur' should devote his lifetime to it like the Koran" Connolly THE MODERN MOVEMENT 81; "The greatest failure in literature" Burgess 99 NOVELS: THE BEST IN ENGLISH SINCE 1939 page 25. Faber & Faber/Viking Press hardcover books
2014réf. 9032668London: Folio Society 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. First Folio Society edition. Edited by Rose and O'Hanlon prefaces by Rose O'Hanlon and Deane introduction by Greetham illustrated by Lord with an introduction. Bound in publisher's original blue black and silver illustrated cloth with blue and silver leather spine label. Top edge silver. Comes with black paper-covered board slipcase stamped in illustrated silver. Beautifully illustrated in color throughout by Lord. 7 3/4 x 11 inches. 492 pages plus introductions and plates. Folio Society hardcover books
1983réf. 67852Seattle: University of Washington Press 1983. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 88pp. Pages slightly tanned wraps lightly rubbed else very good. University of Washington Press paperback books
1949réf. 19400London: Faber and Faber 1949. Cloth. Good /Good . A presentable serviceable copy of the 1949 4th edition. Tight and Good in its light-red cloth with an intriguing full-page inscription on the front free endpaper light offsetting along the spine the pastedowns and the endsheets and mild spotting to the fore-edge. And in a bright price-intact Good example of the chocolate-brown dustjacket with roughly 1/3 to 40% of the spine missing and very light chipping and creasing along the edges. Octavo 628 pgs. of text written between 1922-1939 as stated at the end of the text 18 pgs. at the rear of "Corrections of Misprints in FINNEGANS WAKE Faber and Faber unknown books
1939réf. 1401767New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American Edition First Printing First 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." Moderate rubbing and tearing along edges of dust jacket. Largest tear at bottom edge of spine. Some material loss at top edge of rear cover. Scuffing to dust jacket. General shelf wear to book spine and boards. Mild bumping to fore edge of rear board. Fading to dye on top edge of textblock. Light scuffing and staining to fore and bottom edges of textblock. Adhesive residue from bookplate to front pastedown. 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" stored in rear of textblock. Light staining and penciling. Front inner flap reads "First Regular Edition $5.00" making this a first state dust jacket. CM Consignment. Shelved in Case 2. 1401767. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939réf. 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
1958réf. 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 books
1983réf. 197290Seattle WA: University of Washington Press 1983. Softcover. Good wraps scuffed scratched scored rubbed; foxing or light staining on back wrap. long diagonal crease to front wrap edge. spine & spine edges have rubbed creasing/slight tears; spine light sunned. corners rubbed. foxing to textblock edges. green wraps w/ pink illustration stylized white printing. approx 90 unpaginated pgs bw illustrations throughout. Foxing to lower edges of interior wrap edges and opening closing pages. Instances of tanning foxing to pages. Remains tightly bound. University of Washington Press paperback books
1996réf. 595162Hopewell New Jersey: Ecco Press 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Barry Moser. 16mo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Ecco Press hardcover books
1996réf. 574037Hopewell New Jersey: Ecco Press 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Barry Moser. 16mo. Modestly soiled near spine ends near fine in a very good dust jacket with light internal dampstains. Ecco Press hardcover books
1996réf. 20143Hopewell NJ: Ecco Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0880014571 . A handsome stated first edition/first printing in Very Fine condition in Fine dust-jacket which shows a bit of sunning on spine and along edges. Beautifully bound in black stamped burgundy cloth; Eleven-year-old Josie and her self-indulgent mother Delia have come to live with great-aunt Esther Burkhardt in upstate New York. Here Josie meets her withdrawn 25-year-old cousin Jared Jr. on leave from seminary who draws Josie into some bizarre sexual rituals. A haunting novel about the pain and helplessness of sexually abused children abandoned by the adults in their lives. First published in the Ontario Review in 1966 ; Woodcuts; 16mo . Ecco Press hardcover books
1983réf. 213497NJ: Ontario 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good hardcover with Good dust jacket. First edition. The book foredges have light soiling the text has a few small ink marks in margins. The dust jacket panel edges have minor chipping with a few small tears panels have light fading. Ontario hardcover books
1983réf. 148276Princeton NJ: Ontarion Review Press 1983. Very Good. First edition. Very good. Former owner's name inside front cover.; Works of John Updike Saul Bellow Gail Godwin Eudora Welty Hortense Calisher Ned Rorem Adrienne Rich Howard Nemerov Mary Gordon Reynolds Price Anne Tyler Dave Smith William Stafford Daniel Halpern E. L. Doctorow Alice Adams Grace Schulman and others. Ontarion Review Press unknown books