JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939.
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939.
Large 8vo. Original orange-red buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine lightly sunned, minor split to rear hinge); publisher's yellow cloth slipcase (soiling to extremities, some edgewear); folding case. Provenance: Gotham Book Mart (booksellers' ticket); W.Y. Tindall (neat ownership signature at foot of rear pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 166 of 425 copies, SIGNED BY JOYCE in green ink. "In his earlier books Joyce forced modern literature to accept new styles, new subject matter, new kinds of plot and characterization. In his last book he forced it to accept a new area of being and a new language" (Ellmann, James Joyce, p.717). Connolly The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49.
Large 8vo. Original orange-red buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine lightly sunned, minor split to rear hinge); publisher's yellow cloth slipcase (soiling to extremities, some edgewear); folding case. Provenance: Gotham Book Mart (booksellers' ticket); W.Y. Tindall (neat ownership signature at foot of rear pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 166 of 425 copies, SIGNED BY JOYCE in green ink. "In his earlier books Joyce forced modern literature to accept new styles, new subject matter, new kinds of plot and characterization. In his last book he forced it to accept a new area of being and a new language" (Ellmann, James Joyce, p.717). Connolly The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49.
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939.
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