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    Sale 1631

    THE DONALD G. DRAPKIN LIBRARY

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    29 June 2005

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    • JOYCE, James (1882-1941).  Fin
    Lot 215

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegan's Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939.

    Price realised

    USD 9,600

    Estimate

    USD 6,000 - USD 8,000

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    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegan's Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939.

    Large 8o. Original orange-red buckram, t.e.g., others uncut; publisher's yellow cloth slipcase. Provenance: N.J. Serafini (bookplate).

    FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 287 of 425 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. This copy with a unique hand-painted watercolor dustjacket by Inez Castellain. Connolly, The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49. A VERY FINE COPY.

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