Sold for:
$4,305

Joyce, James (1882-1941) Haveth Childers Everywhere, Fragment from Work in Progress. Paris: Henry Babou & Jack Kahane; New York: the Fountain Press, 1930. First, signed, limited edition, number 76 of 100 copies on Imperial handmade iridescent Japan, signed by Joyce in pencil on the limitation page, in original glassine wraps and green slipcase with gilt edges and facings; slipcase broken along the top edge, top panel becoming detached; spine of the book slightly darkened, 11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in., Slocum 41. The "work in progress" mentioned on the title page was to become Finnegan's Wake . The property of Douglas Brooks


Skinner

Auctioneer:
Skinner

Date:
2016-05-18