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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Three Fragments from Work in Progress by James Joyce
by Joyce, James
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- first
- Condition
- Slipcase slightly worn. Spine somewhat worn and stained. Otherwise in fine condition.
- Seller
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Budapest, Hungary
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About This Item
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition. Limited, one of 500 numbered copies, printed in red and black on Holland Van Gelder Zonen (650 copies altogether). Provenance: the author's grandson's, Stephen James Joyce's bookplate. Illustrated with the famous abstract portrait by Constantin Brâncuși. In publisher's wrappers. In the original gilt leafed cardboard slipcase. Slipcase slightly worn. Spine somewhat worn and stained. Otherwise in fine condition.. First edition. Limited, one of 500 numbered copies, printed in red and black on Holland Van Gelder Zonen (650 copies altogether). Provenance: the author's grandson's, Stephen James Joyce's bookplate. Illustrated with the famous abstract portrait by Constantin Brâncuși. In publisher's wrappers. In the original gilt leafed cardboard slipcase. [10] XV [1] 55 [7] p., and one loose plate protected with tracing paper.
Limited first edition of Joyce's Tales Told of Shem and Shaun, the author's grandson's copy.
This book includes three fragments from Work in Progress, later published as Finnegans Wake.
Stephen James Joyce (1932-2020) was the grandson of James Joyce and the executor of Joyce's literary estate.
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- Bookseller
- Foldvaribooks
(HU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1882
- Title
- Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Three Fragments from Work in Progress by James Joyce
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- In publisher's wrappers. In the original gilt leafed cardboard slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Slipcase slightly worn. Spine somewhat worn and stained. Otherwise in fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Limited, one of 500 numbered copies, printed in r
- Publisher
- The Black Sun Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1929
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As members of The Hungarian Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (MAE) we are also members ILAB-LILA(International League of Antiquarian Booksellers) and hence obliged to follow their Code of Ethic .
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Földvári Books was founded in 2007 in Budapest and based in Budapest, Hungary.
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