Anna Livia Plurabelle.
by JOYCE, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928. . First edition, first printing, number 187 of 800 copies signed by the author; device to title, contemporary ink name to front free endpaper; publisher's brown cloth, blind-tooled borders, gilt device to upper cover, gilt spine, slightly rubbed at spine ends, fore-corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, others uncut.
A very good first edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce, the text that was to become chapter eight in Finnegans Wake, and introduce Joyce readers to the character that fellow Irish author Edna O'Brien was to describe as 'the most accessible and indeed beloved character conceived by Joyce'.
Slocum & Cahoon A32.
A very good first edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce, the text that was to become chapter eight in Finnegans Wake, and introduce Joyce readers to the character that fellow Irish author Edna O'Brien was to describe as 'the most accessible and indeed beloved character conceived by Joyce'.
Slocum & Cahoon A32.
Synopsis
Finnegans Wake is a work of comic fiction by Irish author James Joyce, significant for an experimental style and its resulting reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of 17 years, and published in 1939, two years before the author's death, Finnegans Wake was Joyce's final work.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101553
- Title
- Anna Livia Plurabelle.
- Author
- JOYCE, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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