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1519183717Dublin: privately printed by Gerrard Bros. 15 October 1901. His first obtainable publication First edition of the author's first obtainable separate publication a plea for the freedom of the theatre published when he was 19. This copy is from the library of the 3rd Viscount Esher Oliver Brett 1881-1963 with his bookplate on the chemise. Joyce was a student at University College Dublin in 1901 when he penned The Day of the Rabblement. The essay and one advocating female equality within the university by Joyce's schoolmate F. J. C. Skeffington A Forgotten Aspect of the University Question were both rejected by the University College newspaper. In the case of Joyce's essay this was because he mentioned D'Annunzio's Il Fuoce which was on the Index librorum prohibitorum while Skeffington's essay was rejected owing to its radical content. Instead the two paid to have the essays published as a pamphlet in a small run which they hand-delivered. The exact number of copies printed is not recorded but was surely small. The figure cited in the 1933 Catalogue of Rare Books by the Ulysses Bookshop is as low as 85 while Skeffington's son estimated a run of around 100 to 200 copies Slocum & Cahoon. Only a small number of these were preserved since Joyce did not reach any degree of literary fame for many years. In the essay Joyce attacks the Irish theatre for catering to popular tastes and promotes free expression. "Joyce was stirred by a group of fellow university students - the 'rabble' of the title - signing a letter of protest on political and religious grounds against the Irish Literary Theatre's first performance of The Countess Cathleen by W B Yeats. Joyce critiques the Irish Literary Theatre for its response to the protest which Joyce claims saw them bow to public pressure and 'prejudice' and become 'shy of presenting Ibsen Tolstoy or Hauptmann'. In Joyce's opinion the work of these three European writers was profound innovative and worthy of attention. Significantly the essay shows Joyce upholding the principle of artistic freedom and condemning censorship in all its forms - an outlook that he would maintain throughout his career" British Library 'The Day of the Rabblement'. Joyce's only previously published works were Et Tu Healy! a pamphlet printed by his father when he was aged nine of which no known copies survive and an article on Ibsen included in the Fortnightly Review April 1900. Octavo 8 pp. Original pink wrappers printed in black. Housed in a custom yellow cloth chemise. Front wrapper slightly toned at edges rear wrapper browned else clean. A very good copy. Slocum & Cahoon B1. hardcover
1501mon0000081633Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1815-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. pocket edition printed by scott webster 7 geary a new edition in one volume with 195 wood cuts on green rather worn cloth some looseness Baldwin Cradock & Joy hardcover
151914101Belgique, Bruxelles, Revue trimestrielle de Poésies et de Proses originales, n° 15 d'Août 1963. In-8 broché de 104 pages au format 24 x 16 cm. Couverture à rabats, illustrée par Max Ernst. Dos carré, légèrement insolé. Bas du dos et des mors avec pâle trace de mouillure. Plats et intérieur frais. Revue Belge dirigée par Roland Busselen, ne publiant que de l'inédit. Textes inédits de Joyce Mansour, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Roland Busselen, Rouben Mélik, René Tavernier , etc, accompagnés de superbes illustrations de René Guiette, en couleurs et hors-texte, tirées en offset. Exemplaire qui provient de la bibliothèque de René de Obaldia avec carte hommage, sous enveloppe, dédicacée par Rouben Melik et son épouse Ella. Edition originale en bel état général.
1520967T16London: Doubleday 2015-2020. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 7.5" by 5.5"; 8.5" by 6". None. Three smart first edition first impression novels from British writer Rachel Joyce signed by the author. Three volumes. First edition first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Written by Rachel Joyce a British writer best known for her debut novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 2012. This set contains: A Snow Garden & Other Stories 2015. A collection of seven linked stories each of them a small masterpiece. As one character steps forward another steps back and it is in the way they intervene that Joyce pinpoints much of the humour and tragedy of the every day experience. The Music Shop 2017. Special edition of six hundred numbered copies of which this is number one hundred and twenty-one. In 1988 Frank owns a music shop jam-packed with records of every genre. Every day Frank finds his customers the music that they need until one day when Ilse Brauchmann walks in. Miss Benson's Beetle 2020. Exclusive signed first edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies of which this is number seventy-nine. Set in 1950 in a devastating moment of clarity Margery Benson abandons her dead-end job and advertises for an assistant to accompany her on an expedition. She is going to travel across the world to find a beetle that may or may not exist. In the original full cloth binding. Externally excellent. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also excellent. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine Doubleday hardcover
