Sale 1631
New York
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29 June 2005
Price realised
USD 9,600
Estimate
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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