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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Joyce, James
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover. Some rubbing spine ends, and slightly on corners,
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About This Item
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1916. First edition. [iv], 299, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover. Some rubbing spine ends, and slightly on corners, one scratch to front cover near spine, not affecting blind stamp; very clean internally. First edition. [iv], 299, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition. First edition of Joyce's autobiographical novel, recounting the schooldays and emerging artistic consciousness of his alter-ego Stephen Dedalus. The novel was refused by Grant Richards (publisher of Dubliners), Secker, and Edward Garnett for Duckworth. Finally B.W. Huebsch agreed to take on the book, if Harriet Weaver, who had serialized the novel in The Egoist in 1914, would arrange for 750 copies to be published in London. It was published first in New York by Huebsch on 29 December 1916 and then in London on 22 January, with the American sheets and a cancel Egoist title-page. Slocum & Cahoon A11
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
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 345922
- Title
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- [iv], 299, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover. Some rubbing spine ends, and slightly on corners,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- B.W. Huebsch
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- Irish | British | James Joyce
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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