Finnegans Wake by Joyce, James - 1939

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Hardback bound in original red publisher's cloth, spine a touch sunned, slight edge-wear, a touch scuffed on rear board; Pages lightly age-toned, rough-cut edges, top-edge sprayed red, flecked staining to top and fore-edges, prior bookshop label on front pastedown ['The Roycroft Book & Art Shop', which was a private lending library in Sydney], previous owner's dedication on half-title, sparse foxing throughout; Binding tight. This First Edition copy is one of 3,400 sets of sheets intended for the trade edition of Finnegans Wake, originally printed for Faber. Of this number, 950 were never bound and subsequently discarded by the publishers. This was potentially related to Joyce's objection at their 25 shilling price, which he believed to be too high. ; 5.75 x 8.75"; 656 pages .