[Rarebooks] FS: Joyce, Shakespeare

[Gerard Gormley]

ABSTRACTS


[Joyce, James] Brown, Richard~.  JAMES JOYCE AND SEXUALITY~.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985.  Very hard to
find -- Review Copy, Association Copy.  First Printing.

[Joyce, James] Costello, Peter~.  JAMES JOYCE:  The Years of
Growth~.  NY NY, USA: Pantheon Books, 1992.  Review Copy,
Association Copy.  First American Edition.

Shakespeare, William~.  THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE:
with Dr. Johnson's Preface; a Glossary, and an Account of Each
Play; and a Memoir of the Author~.  London, UK: Scott, Webster &
Geary, MDCCCXLII [1842].  Very, very hard to find -- 41 beautiful
engraved plates -- Association Copy.  First Printing thus.



DETAILS


[Joyce, James] Brown, Richard~.  JAMES JOYCE AND SEXUALITY~.
Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985.  Keywords: Very
hard to find -- Joyce -- Literature -- Review Copy, lost
publisher slip replaced with reviewer-affidavit -- Association
Copy from the library of the late Herbert A. Kenny (1913-2002),
celebrated reviewer, author, & co-founder of the National Book
Critics Circle -- English language.  First Printing ("First
Published 1985").  Hardcover.   Dust jacket present, no price
ever printed (common for university presses).  216 pages: Notes,
Bibliography, Index.  Binding height: 8-3/4".  Brown full cloth,
title etc. gold-stamped.  Book Very Good to Near Fine: light
bumping to fore-corners & spine-top/bottom.  Binding strong &
tight, insides Fine.  Dust jacket Very Good to Near Fine: light
wrinkle to fore-corners & spine-top, light scoring to front
(lightest to back).  ISBN:0521248116.  [Shipping weight: 1.5
lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available].  HK701~.  US$50-


[Joyce, James] Costello, Peter~.  JAMES JOYCE:  The Years of
Growth~.  NY NY, USA: Pantheon Books, 1992.  Keywords:
Illustrated -- Joyce -- Literature -- Review Copy, lost publisher
slip replaced with reviewer-affidavit -- Association Copy from
the library of the late Herbert A. Kenny (1913-2002), celebrated
reviewer, author, & co-founder of the National Book Critics
Circle -- English language.  First American Edition (so stated on
copyright-page).  Hardcover.  Dust jacket present, price intact.
374 pages: Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index, black/white
photographs.  Binding height: 9-1/2".  Book Near Fine: lightest
bumping to spine-top/bottom.  Binding strong & tight, insides
Fine.  Dust jacket Near Fine: lightest wrinkle to spine-bottom.
Dust jacket pluses: absolutely no rubbing, scratching or scoring
to front, spine or back.  ISBN:0679422013.  [Shipping weight:
2.25 lb.].  [Digital JPEG image available].  HK702~.  US$60-


Shakespeare, William~.  THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE:
with Dr. Johnson's Preface; a Glossary, and an Account of Each
Play; and a Memoir of the Author~.  London, UK: Scott, Webster &
Geary, MDCCCXLII [1842].  Keywords: Very, very hard to find --
frontis portrait from the Chandos picture (engraved by Cochran),
& 40 beautiful plates engraved by C. Heath, C.  Rolls, F. Bacon,
&c. from designs by Smirke, Westall, Corbould, Stephanoff, &
Wright -- Antiquarian -- Illustrated -- Literature -- Poetry --
Shakespeare -- Association Copy from the library of the late
Herbert A. Kenny (1913-2002), celebrated reviewer, author, & co-
founder of the National Book Critics Circle -- English language.
First Printing thus (No Additional Printings indicated).
Hardcover.  No dust jacket (none issued).  926 pages: a glossary
& account of each play -- 41 beautiful engraved plates with
tissue-guards.  Binding height: 9-5/8".  Full undecorated
leather, raised spine-bands, title gold-stamped.  Book Good to
Very Good: owner name [beautifully] penned on p.2 & rear 2nd
flyleaf; book bound upside-down; rear (front, as bound) joint
broken (but spine leather still firmly in place, hinge cloth &
end paper intact; other joint started but joint & hinge still
strong; moderate bumping to fore-corners, moderate rubbing to
most edges & raised surfaces; brown damp-stains to top fore-
corners of approx. 125 leaves, all engravings offset to tissue-
guards, surprisingly little foxing.  [Shipping weight: 4.75 lb.].
[Digital JPEG image available].  HK704~.  US$196-


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