Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Three Fragments from Work in Progress by James Joyce.
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Limited, one of 500 numbered copies, printed in red and black on Holland Van Gelder Zonen (650 copies altogether). Provenance: the author’s grandson’s, Stephen James Joyce’s bookplate. Illustrated with the famous abstract portrait by Constantin Brâncuși. In publisher’s wrappers. In the original gilt leafed cardboard slipcase. [10] XV [1] 55 [7] p., and one loose plate protected with tracing paper. Slipcase slightly worn. Spine somewhat worn and stained. Otherwise in fine condition.
Limited first edition of Joyce’s Tales Told of Shem and Shaun, the author’s grandson’s copy.
This book includes three fragments from Work in Progress, later published as Finnegans Wake.
Stephen James Joyce (1932-2020) was the grandson of James Joyce and the executor of Joyce's literary estate.
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Price: €4,200.00