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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Joyce, James
- Used
- Condition
- Original dark green cloth, upper cover titled in blind, spine titled in gilt. Very slightly bumped at spine ends. George Heron M
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About This Item
London: Egoist Ltd., Oakley House, Bloomsbury Street, 1917. First English edition, from American sheets. [iv], 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original dark green cloth, upper cover titled in blind, spine titled in gilt. Very slightly bumped at spine ends. George Heron Milne bookplate. Near fine. Green cloth box. First English edition, from American sheets. [iv], 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A very sharp copy of this core work by Joyce, here in the earliest London edition, using American sheets from the Huebsch printing because English publishers refused to print the text. Slocum & Cahoon A12. Provenance: James Gilvarry; Carol Z. Rothkopf
Synopsis
Joyce's A Portait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical work. It tells of the intellectual, religious, and philosophical awakening of the main character, Stephen Dedalus as he rebels against the conventions in which he has been raised and leaves home to pursue his artistic ambition.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 365447
- Title
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- [iv], 300 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original dark green cloth, upper cover titled in blind, spine titled in gilt. Very slightly bumped at spine ends. George Heron M
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English edition, from American sheets
- Publisher
- Egoist Ltd., Oakley House, Bloomsbury Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Irish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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