Chamber Music

Thirty-six poems numbered I-XXXVI. Slocum, J. J. & H. Cahoon, Bibliography of James Joyce A6 (see note). "The only published book of poetry by James Joyce." "Publisher's Note [third preliminary leaf]: This is the only American edition of Chamber Music that is authorized by Mr. Joyce." Second, "Authorized" American edition, with reset type. Originally… Read more about this item

London: The Egoist Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Third Edition. Hardcover. London: Egoist Press, 1923. Third Edition. Of the 500 copies printed, only 107 were bound and distributed, leaving 393 sheets that were acquired by Cape in 1924 and published by them in 1927. 12mo. [40]p. Dark green cloth, gilt letters on spine and front… Read more about this item

Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition, issue with laid endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small tape shadows on endpapers where a previous owner probably tried to preserve the original unprinted glassine (apparently without success), else a very near fine copy lacking the tissue dust jacket. *Slocum & Cahoon* A5: issued… Read more about this item

Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1918. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. First Unauthorized American Edition of Joyce's first regularly published work, with print run estimated at 1000 copies. Small, slim 8vo: 20 unnumbered leaves, with 36 numbered Elizabethan-like poems chronicling the growth of a young poet's love for a golden-haired woman (the collection originally comprised 34 love poems, but… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1918. First Authorized American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown paper over boards, lettering stamped in gilt on upper board, in blind on spine. Chipping at spine tips (with mull exposed) and along edges of boards; corners bumped, with chip at top corner (not infringing upon the text); previous owner's name on front… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews,, 1907. Love and laughter song-confessed / When the heart is heaviest First edition, first impression, of Joyce's first book. The publishing history of Chamber Music is well-documented but has some lacunae. The book was published on 10 May 1907 in an edition of 509 copies, but Mathews did not bind all copies at once, resulting in… Read more about this item

This is the authorized edition of Joyce's book of poems (36 of them), published in the United States in 1918. Interior of the book is very good, with tight pages, completely clean and unmarked. The binding is tight, but the boards are a bit worn and the spine is badly worn, with some of the black paper covering… Read more about this item

London: Elkin Mathews, 1907. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, first issue. 16mo. [40]pp. Light green cloth gilt. Contemporary owner name in blue pencil on front fly, faint soil mark on front board, the lettering on the spine is still bright, thus near fine in a fine example of the publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket. The very scarce first issue… Read more about this item

Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1918. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition, issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. A fine copy, with text partially unopened in about fine publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket with very slight wear. *Slocum & Cahoon* A5- issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers, with no priority determined.

New York: The Viking Press, 1932. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. The August 1932 2nd edition, following the authorized 1918 1st edition, published out of New York by B.W. Huebsch. Clean and well-preserved and VG+ in a bright, VG- dustjacket, whose front panel is cleanly separated (but nicely re-attaches with a plastic covering) and whose spine shows… Read more about this item

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1918. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small hardbound 8vo. Unpaginated. First American edition following a pirated edition from earlier in 1918. Joyce's first book of poems. Circular sticker shadow to the front board else a handsome well-bound copy. Nice copy overall of a fragile book. Some pages still uncut.

London: Jonathan Cape, (1927).. Fourth edition, 8vo, 40 pp. Cloth, d.w., browned and a little soiled, minor loss to extremities. The first Cape edition. Slocum & Cahoon A4, note.

Boston: The Cornhill Company, 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition, issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small ink squiggle on front pastedown and very small chip at the corner of rear fly, near fine lacking the publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket. *Slocum & Cahoon* A5: issued with either wove or laid paper… Read more about this item

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. This is a Very Good copy of the Second Printing of the First Authorized American Edition of Joyce's first book. (It was originally published in 1907 by Elkin Mathews; in 1918 by Huebsch; a pirate American edition exists as well). Black paper-covered boards with gilt title on front cover. The spine lettering is blindstamped but… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fourth edition (and the first Jonathan Cape edition). Thin octavo. About fine in very good or better dustwrapper with some toning and a couple of small chips and tears. 393 copies of this miniscule edition. Scarce in jacket.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - 7¾" tall. Second American Edition. Authorized edition. Book protected in new mylar. Very slight wear and loss at head of spine. light scattered foxing throughout. No previous owner's names or marks.

London: The Egoist Press, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third edition. 12mo. Neat owner's name on front fly, else very near fine. One of only 107 copies of this very scarce edition.

Jonathan Cape, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean, tight copy. Minor wear and tanning to the dust jacket. Internally clean and bright. Clothbound in blue.

New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. Cloth. Good (no DJ). Second U.S. Authorized Edition. 12mo, pp. unnumbered. Some loss at head and heel of spine and corners and tears at spine edges, light soiling to endpapers and a fewpage margins.

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black paper over boards, lettering stamped in gilt on upper board, in blind on spine; photo-illustrated dust jacket. Second printing of the first authorized American edition. Head of spine perished; fore-edge of rear board bumped and cracked; thin split in paper down front joint, though binding… Read more about this item