A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
by Joyce, James
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Edition/No Jacket
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About This Item
The Modern Library, 1928. The Modern Library, 1928, First Modern Library Edition, sm8vo, 299 pages. Book bound in a brown limp faux leather, no dust jacket. Edgewear to extremities and top edge of spine, lettering in gilt on spine. Book in good condition, scarce first edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition/No Jacket. Sm8vo.
Synopsis
Joyce's A Portait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical work. It tells of the intellectual, religious, and philosophical awakening of the main character, Stephen Dedalus as he rebels against the conventions in which he has been raised and leaves home to pursue his artistic ambition.
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- Bookseller
- Cape Cod Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GD09795okBC3S1
- Title
- A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- Sm8vo
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