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Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1962. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., three short lines of pen on half-title page which appear to be a prior owner's attempt at deciphering the title. no other writing or markings. top edge of book lightly dust-dulled. dj has very small bits of wear at spine-ends and rubbing to dj rear panel. no bumps. strong binding.; viii-194pp. first published by shakespeare and co. in 1929, ten years before joyce completed finnegans wake - the work that this book was meant to help readers with. is joyce one or more of the 14 contributors?. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Ex-lib with usual stamps etc. Gilt titling to spine. Pale blue boards a little faded and spine is rubbed at edges and at ends. Corners sl. turned and gently rubbed. Small bookseller label to rear pastedown. 194pp unmarked apart from a couple of lib stamps. Pages rough-cut. Light tanning towards page edges.

Faber and Faber Ltd, 1972. First Edition. Paperback. Collectable - Good Condition. Good+ 1st print 1972 Faber paperback, lovely cover design. Creasing to rear lower edge of cover and final pages, tape mark to front cover, light surface rubbing to cover otherwise, well-preserved and unmarked throughout. Size: 130\nx 190mm. 194 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Literature & Literary; Joyce, James, 1882-1941; ISBN: 0571099254. ISBN/EAN: 9780571099252. Dewey Code: 823/.9/12. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091640.. 9780571099252

New York: New Directions, 1962. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good/very good. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 194 pp. Stated second edition of this collection of essays by Beckett, Williams and others regarding Joyce's Finnegans Wake. A new edition with introduction by Sylvia Beach. Also this is the first clothbound edition of this title. Faint offset to the endpapers else a handsome very good copy in blue cloth covers. The price-intact dustwrapper is also in very good condition.

NY:: New Directions,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Second edition. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning), price clipped dust jacket. ; 194 pages .

(New York): New Directions, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second American edition, using the sheets of the second impression of the 1962 British edition, with a new Introduction by Sylvia Beach. Large octavo. 194pp. Blue cloth gilt. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket.

New York: New Directions, 1962. Second Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Fine.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1929. A collection of twelve essays and two "Letters of Protest" regarding James Joyce's "Work in Progress" that was eventually published (ten years later) as "Finnegan's Wake." The lead essay by Samuel Beckett is his first publication. Originally issued in wraps by Shakespeare and Company; those sheets were evidently sold to Faber, who issued this, the first hardbound edition. Blue-green cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 194 pages; no dustwrapper. The paper is tanning - reflecting its poor quality. Rubbed at the margins. A bit fragile - the Title Page has partially loosened. A true artifact of Twentieth-Century modernism. In an archival plastic protector.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Faber & Faber, 1929-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1939 New Directions hard cover - 1st American edition - no dust jacket - 1 1/2 tear at spine - staining to cover and closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - hard to fine - enjoy

London:: Faber and Faber,, [1929].. First English edition, from the Paris sheets.. original cloth in dust jacket.. Edges of text block slightly tanned; very slight rubbing to extremities; otherwise a fresh unworn copy in a dust jacket sunned at the spine and with a few extremely tiny chips.. 8vo,.

Paris: Shakespeare & Co. | Sylvia Beach, 1929. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. [6], 194, [4] pp. First edition. A note on the leaf opposite p. 194 notes that 96 copies were printed on verge d'Arches, numbered 1-96. It's uncertain if this is an out of series copy from this limitation or if that statement refers to another edition. In publisher's printed wrappers. Rubber stamped, "Made In / Great Britain" below the date on the title page. A fragile book, the front wrapper is detaching but holding for the moment; a bit of chipping to the bottom of the spine and the inner corner of the front wrapper--not affecting text; wear to the bottom edge of the rear wrapper; narrow tidelines to some areas of the wrapper edges, not intruding into the textblock; textblock is generally and evenly toned; contemporary bookseller's ticket for The Personal Book Shop, Boston on the front free endpaper. This collection of critical essays constituted Joyce's attempt to combat unfavorable reviews of early… Read More

Paris: Shakespeare And Company, Sylvia Beach, 1929. First Edition, Regular Paper Issue. A collection of critical essays and two letters written on James Joyceís Finnegans Wake, then in the process of being discretely published in sections as Work in Progress. Some of the quoted text was never incorporated into the finished novel, which finally appeared in 1939. Contributors included Samuel Beckett, Marcel Brion, Frank Budgen, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Victor Llona, Robert McAlmon, Thomas McGreevy, Elliot Paul, John Rodker, Robert Sage, and William Carlos Williams. Beckettís essay is his first appearance in print. For some time Joyce was suspected as the author of the two letters. 12mo. pp. 3 p.l., 194, [2]. (extremities of wrs. bit chipped & outer edge of front wr. backed). "Made in Great Britain" stamp to title page, as often. folding clamshell box

Paris: Shakespeare and Company / Sylvia Beach, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Good. Printed wrappers. Small paperbound octavo. 195 pp. With "Made In Great Britain" rubberstamped on the title page. Includes extracts from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. Contributions by Samuel Beckett, his first book appearance as well as Robert Sage, William Carlos Williams, Stuart Gilbert and others. A fragile book printed on this paper, this copy suffers from notable chipping along the right hand-side of the front cover, paper loss at top inch or so of spine and smaller chips to first blank endpaper and rear cover. Good overall condition of an uncommon Joyce and Beckett title. Book needs to be handled with care.

Paris: Shakespeare and Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First trade edition. Limited to 200 copies. Stamped "Made in Great Britain" at base of title page. Very good+ copy in printed paper wrappers. (Bottom inch of spine chipped. Right-hand corner of front cover faintly damp-stained. Binding brittle, but solid. ) Features Samuel Beckett's FIRST appearance in print "Dante. Bruno. Vico. Joyce." .

Paris / "Made in Great Britain" (publisher's rubberstamp): Shakespeare and Company, 1929. Softcover. Very Good. First edition, English(?) issue, published by Shakespeare and Company in Paris with publisher's rubberstamp: "Made in Great Britain" at lower margin of title page. Small octavo. Printed wrappers. Printed wrappers. Ink owner name on the front flyleaf ("Charles Forman Brown") and linoleum-cut bookplate of musician Max Hughes on verso of half-title page, moderate toning and rubbing at extremities of the wrappers, some creasing on front wrap and toning on the cheap acidic paper, an about very good copy of a fragile publication. Contains Samuel Beckett's essay, "Dante... Bruno. Vico... Joyce" (on Joyce's "Work in Progress"), being Beckett's first appearance in any book. Also contains the first book appearance of extracts from "Work in Progress," by James Joyce, including a passage that was not included in *Finnegans Wake*. Inscribed by Beckett: "for Dan Pope, Samuel Beckett" at the first page… Read More

Paris: 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.