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194573534New York: The Viking Press 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Fourth printing. Hailed by Anthony Burgess as "a great comic vision one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page" this brilliantly inventive novel was Joyce's final work. The book is in one sense the story of a publican in Chapelizod near Dublin his wife and their three children; but Mr. Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker Mrs. Anna Livia Plurabelle and Kevin Jerry and Isabel are every family of mankind. The motive idea of the novel inspired by the 18th-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico is that history is cyclic; to demonstrate this the book begins with the end of a sentence left unfinished on the last page. Languages merge: Anna Livia has "vlossyhair"--wlosy being Polish for "hair"; "a bad of wind" blows--bad being Persian for "wind." Characters from literature and history appear and merge and disappear. On another level the protagonists are the city of Dublin and the River Liffey standing as representatives of the history of Ireland and by extension of all human history. As he had in his earlier work Ulysses 1922 Joyce drew upon an encyclopedic range of literary works. His strange polyglot idiom of puns and portmanteau words is intended to convey not only the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious but also the interweaving of Irish language and mythology with the languages and mythologies of many other cultures. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding with gilt titles. The dust jacket is toned along the spine with some mild edgewear including a small chip to the rear panel and tape reinforcement to each end of the spine; otherwise very good. The Viking Press hardcover books
1939317261London and New York: Faber and Faber & The Viking Press 1939. First Edition one of 425 Large Paper copies signed by Joyce. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Red buckram. Near fine. Spine faded and with some spotting. Provenance: Charles R. Rudolo signature in pencil dated "1939" on front free endpaper. First Edition one of 425 Large Paper copies signed by Joyce. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Slocum & Cahoon A47 Faber and Faber, & The Viking Press unknown books
193925419London: Faber & Faber Limited 1939. Light foxing and offsetting to the endpapers small bookseller's label inside back cover spine ends lightly crimped with bottom corners gently bumped; near fine in a near fine jacket completely unrestored clipped at all edges and price-clipped with three short closed tears and a hint of edgewear still bright and unfaded. An exemplary copy of one of the least read and understood novels of the 20th century. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell box. First Edition. Thick octavo. First British Edition trade issue published simultaneously with the American and the British deluxe. Total printing of 3400 copies with 50 copies in sheets destroyed Slocum and Cahoon A47. London: Faber & Faber Limited unknown books
1939140938001London: Faber and Faber 1939. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Near Fine with previous owner bookplate to front free end paper offsetting to prelims; pages toned and with foxing to prelims and terminals. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact; edge-worn with chips tears and several tape repairs made to the reverse side. One of an edition of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. Faber and Faber unknown books
1939WRCLIT81835New York: Viking 1939. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Near fine in very good dust jacket shallow loss at extreme crown of spine creased edge-tear at lower edge of front panel light edge use otherwise very good and bright. First U.S. printing trade issue. One of 6000 copies printed offset from advance proofs of the UK edition and formally published on the same day as that edition 4 May 1939. "If Finnegans Wake is a key book it is a key which needs a key. The Wake reminds me of the unfinished obelisk which lies on its side at Assuan yet it has passages of unearthly beauty particularly the last page and huge comic scenes" - Connolly. SLOCUM & CAHOON A48. MODERN MOVEMENT 87. Viking hardcover books
1939140937791London: Faber and Faber 1939. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. Signed limited edition. Copy number 48 of 425 numbered copies signed by James Joyce. Bound in publisher's red cloth binding with spine lettered in gilt in publisher's yellow cloth-covered slipcase. Near Fine. Red cloth faintly rubbed faintly faded at the spine gently bruised at the spine ends. Offsetting to front endsheet from a formerly laid in clipping. In a Very Good lightly worn and lightly soiled slipcase with one corner bumped. Faber and Faber unknown books
287295New York: Caedmon Publishers. First. pamphlet. fine. 28 pages slim 8vo pamphlet in white printed wrapper staple-bound. New York: Caedmon Publishers 1960. First edition thus published in conjunction with the release of the Caedmon Records recording of readings from Finnegans Wake album not present. Fine.<br/><br/> Caedmon Publishers unknown books
1939140937376New York: The Viking Press 1939. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding lettered in gilt. Fine with fading to topstain near spine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with several tiny edge-tears and very light soiling. A striking copy of a book and jacket typically found in much lesser condition. The Viking Press unknown books
1939896501939. LIMITED SIGNED FINNEGANS WAKE JOYCE James. FINNEGANS WAKE. London & New York:: Faber and Faber/Viking press 1939. First Edition limited. large octavo red buckram. Number xxx of 425 numbered copies specially printed and bound. Signed by the author of which 125 were for the U.K. and 300 for the U.S. Including a first edition of the 1945 pamphlet "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake." One of the most anticipated books of its day a cornerstone of modern literature. A fine lovely copy in the glassine jacket and yellow slipcase which has a slight bit of soil. SLOCUM and CAHOON A.49 A53. unknown books
1939107104Viking Press 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First US edition stated on copyright page and front flap of dust jacket where the original $5 price is still present. Very good in a very good dust jacket with some moisture staining on the lower corners of the jacket not affecting the book. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Viking Press hardcover books
1939WRCLIT69963London: Faber and Faber 1939. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Usual tan offset from free endsheets to facing pages ownership signature of poet Donald J. Paquette on free endsheet a few stray marks to cloth else a very good copy without dust jacket. First British edition trade issue published on the same day as the U.S. trade edition from Viking and the limited edition bearing Faber and Viking's joint imprint. This copy has the publisher's perforated stamp: "Complimentary Copy Not for Sale" in the lower margin of the terminal text leaf. One of a total first printing of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. "If Finnegans Wake is a key book it is a key which needs a key. The Wake reminds me of the unfinished obelisk which lies on its side at Assuan yet it has passages of unearthly beauty particularly the last page and huge comic scenes" - Connolly. MODERN MOVEMENT 87. SLOCUM & CAHOON A47. Faber and Faber hardcover books
1939238469London: Faber & Faber 1939. Limited. hardcover. very good. Tall 8vo original brick red cloth g.t. other edges uncut. London: Faber & Faber 1939. Limited First Edition.<br/><br/> Number 356 of only 425 numbered copies signed by Joyce. There is some residue from tape on the front & back fly-leaves otherwise a nearly fine copy in the original yellow cloth box which has very slight wear on the front edges.<br/><br/> Faber & Faber unknown books
1939WRCLIT63338London: Faber and Faber 1939. Large octavo. Gilt cloth. Usual tan offset from free endsheets to facing pages otherwise a fine bright copy in dust jacket and uncommon thus. First British edition trade issue published on the same day as the U.S. trade edition from Viking and the limited edition bearing Faber and Viking's joint imprint. One of a total first printing of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. This copy was quite possibly utilized for review as the formal publication date '4 May 1939' is stamped on the front dust jacket flap. "If Finnegans Wake is a key book it is a key which needs a key. The Wake reminds me of the unfinished obelisk which lies on its side at Assuan yet it has passages of unearthly beauty particularly the last page and huge comic scenes" - Connolly. MODERN MOVEMENT 87. SLOCUM & CAHOON A47. Faber and Faber hardcover books
194919400London: Faber and Faber 1949. Cloth. Good /Good . A presentable serviceable copy of the 1949 4th edition. Tight and Good in its light-red cloth with an intriguing full-page inscription on the front free endpaper light offsetting along the spine the pastedowns and the endsheets and mild spotting to the fore-edge. And in a bright price-intact Good example of the chocolate-brown dustjacket with roughly 1/3 to 40% of the spine missing and very light chipping and creasing along the edges. Octavo 628 pgs. of text written between 1922-1939 as stated at the end of the text 18 pgs. at the rear of "Corrections of Misprints in FINNEGANS WAKE" <br/><br/> Faber and Faber hardcover books
1939109823London: Faber & Faber Limited 1939. First edition of which 3400 copies were printed 950 later destroyed. Octavo original cloth. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. Joyce began working on Finnegans Wake shortly after the 1922 publication of Ulysses. By 1924 installments of Joyce's new avant-garde work began to appear in serialized form in Parisian literary journals transatlantic review and transition under the title "fragments from Work in Progress". The actual title of the work remained a secret until the book was published in its entirety on 4 May 1939. The work has assumed a preeminent place in English literature. Anthony Burgess praised the book as "a great comic vision one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page." Harold Bloom called the book "Joyce's masterpiece" and wrote that "if aesthetic merit were ever again to center the canon Finnegans Wake would be as close as our chaos could come to the heights of Shakespeare and Dante." Modern Library named it one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Faber & Faber Limited hardcover books
1939106753New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American edition one of 6000 copies printed. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few chips to the spine. Joyce began working on Finnegans Wake shortly after the 1922 publication of Ulysses. By 1924 installments of Joyce's new avant-garde work began to appear in serialized form in Parisian literary journals transatlantic review and transition under the title "fragments from Work in Progress". The actual title of the work remained a secret until the book was published in its entirety on 4 May 1939. The work has assumed a preeminent place in English literature. Anthony Burgess praised the book as "a great comic vision one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page." Harold Bloom called the book "Joyce's masterpiece" and wrote that "if aesthetic merit were ever again to center the canon Finnegans Wake would be as close as our chaos could come to the heights of Shakespeare and Dante." Modern Library named it one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The Viking Press hardcover books
19395068London: Faber & Faber 1939. First signed limited edition number 251 of only 425 large-paper copies signed by Joyce. Octavo original red cloth titles to spine in gilt top edge gilt original publisher's yellow cloth slipcase. Signed by James Joyce on the limitation page. In fine condition with the publishers slipcase. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A superior example. Joyce began working on Finnegans Wake shortly after the 1922 publication of Ulysses. By 1924 installments of Joyce's new avant-garde work began to appear in serialized form in Parisian literary journals transatlantic review and transition under the title "fragments from Work in Progress". The actual title of the work remained a secret until the book was published in its entirety on 4 May 1939. The work has assumed a preeminent place in English literature. Anthony Burgess praised the book as "a great comic vision one of the few books of the world that can make us laugh aloud on nearly every page." Harold Bloom called the book "Joyce's masterpiece" and wrote that "if aesthetic merit were ever again to center the canon Finnegans Wake would be as close as our chaos could come to the heights of Shakespeare and Dante." Listed by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Faber & Faber hardcover books
19391105588vo. London: Faber and Faber 1939. 8vo 628 pp. Original brick red cloth backstrip titled in gilt top edge stained yellow others untrimmed original dust-jacket neatly repaired. Untrimmed edges aged toned pencil name on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in a professionally restored dust-jacket that presents very well. § First British edition trade issue one of a total first printing of 3400 copies of which 950 copies in sheets were destroyed. It was published on the same day as the U.S. trade edition from Viking and the limited edition bearing Faber and Viking's joint imprint. One of the best known least read books in English. Slocum and Cahoon A47. Faber and Faber hardcover books
193928153New York: The Viking Press 1939. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Fine tight copy in a bright dust jacket with a few minor nicks and some slight rubbing. Not price clipped. Probably a more difficult book to find in collectable condition than the British first. Connolly 100. <br/><br/> The Viking Press unknown books
1996148101Hopewell NY: The Ecco Press 1996. First edition. Small hardcover. First printing. Slim little book with illustrations by Barry Moser. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The Ecco Press unknown books
199643224New York: The Echo Press 1996. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/NF. 85 3 pp. Illustrated by Moser. 12mo. <br/><br/> The Echo Press hardcover books
1996160543New York: The Ecco Press 1996. Small octavo illustrations by Barry Moser cloth. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #160543 The Ecco Press unknown books
1999UMILFIR00CTWilliam Morrow and Company Inc. 1999. Very Good. Milton Joyce. First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton. NY: William Morrow and Company Inc. 1999. 435pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. William Morrow and Company, Inc. hardcover books
2003407020Boston & New York: Bulfinch Press 2003. Dust jacket with surface wear. 12.5 x 10 inches. 151 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition signed by the photographer on the front free endpaper. "Exquisite photographic portraits of flowers and magical depictions of their life cycle are presented by world-renowned photographer Tenneson" the pubblisher. <br/><br/> Bulfinch Press hardcover books
2003Embry 195176Bulfinch 2003. First edition first printing. Fine in fine faintly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Full page sepia photographs. Bulfinch, 2003. First edition, first printing. unknown books
