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JOYCE, James. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun: Three Fragments from Work in Progress. With a preface by C.K. Ogden. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929.
First edition, limited issue, number 72 of 100 copies on Japan vellum signed by Joyce of a total edition of 650.
4to (210 x 165mm). Frontispiece portrait of Joyce by Constantin Brancusi. Original printed wrappers; glassine dust wrapper (glassine spine and edges chipped, one vertical crease and minor chipping to backstrip, small stain to spine ends); original silver paper covered slipcase with onlaid green pseudo-suede panels (rubbing to edges). Slocum and Cahoon A36.
The three fragments published here are “The Mookse And The Gripes,” “The Muddest Thick That Ever Was Heard Dump” and “The Ondt And The Gracehoper,” which form pp.152-159, 282-304 and 414-419 respectively of Finnegans Wake. Minkoff A21; Published in Paris p.408.
First edition, limited issue, number 72 of 100 copies on Japan vellum signed by Joyce of a total edition of 650.
4to (210 x 165mm). Frontispiece portrait of Joyce by Constantin Brancusi. Original printed wrappers; glassine dust wrapper (glassine spine and edges chipped, one vertical crease and minor chipping to backstrip, small stain to spine ends); original silver paper covered slipcase with onlaid green pseudo-suede panels (rubbing to edges). Slocum and Cahoon A36.
The three fragments published here are “The Mookse And The Gripes,” “The Muddest Thick That Ever Was Heard Dump” and “The Ondt And The Gracehoper,” which form pp.152-159, 282-304 and 414-419 respectively of Finnegans Wake. Minkoff A21; Published in Paris p.408.