[Rarebooks] FS: James Joyce Firsts

[Clare Murphy]

1.  JOYCE, JAMES.  GIACOMO JOYCE. New York: Viking, (1968). First 
edition. Owner inscription. Introduction and notes by Richard 
Ellmann. "This first edition with four full-scale facsimile pages 
from the manuscript and reduced reproductions of the other pages, is 
limited to one printing for world distribution and the text will not 
be reprinted in this form." Bump to one corner of book, otherwise 
near fine in very good slip-case.  $70.00

2.  JOYCE, JAMES.  LETTERS OF JAMES JOYCE. New York: Viking, 1966. 
Edited by Stuart Gilbert and Richard Ellmann. Illustrated by 
photographs. 3 volumes. Reissue of volume I, first editions of volume 
II and III. Letters from Yeats, Eliot, Pound etc. Early letters to 
Nora. Lacks box, otherwise as new/as new. Dust jackets protected by 
acetate dust wrappers<BR> <A 
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$325.00

3.  JOYCE, JAMES.  PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. New York: 
Huebsch, (Dec. 29) 1916. First issue of first edition. Blue cloth 
with spine lettering stamped in gilt and blind-stamped lettering to 
front board. Very good. This American edition precedes the English 
edition. There is some mild fading to spine and some of the gilt on 
lettering is rubbed away. Minor foxing to free end papers and fore 
edge. A very attractive copy without the extremely scarce dust 
jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A11.  $3400.00

4.  JOYCE, JAMES.  STEPHEN HERO. A PART OF THE FIRST DRAFT OF A 
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. New York: New Directions, 
1944. Illustrated by five b&w plates. First American edition. Green 
paper covered boards with black cloth spine, gilt lettering at the 
spine; dust jacket. 8vo. [234 pgs] Very good/Poor. Introduction and 
editorial note by Theodore Spencer. Shelf wear at tail of boards, 
upper corners bumped. Previous owner's signature at ffep.  Dust 
jacket is missing 3/4 of the spine, with small tears at extremities, 
since covered in mylar.  Contents are clean and sound. There were 
3,000 cc in this edition, which followed the 2,000 cc of the first 
British edition by four months.  $195.00

5.  (JOYCE, JAMES).  DIAL. VOLUME LXIX, JULY TO DECEMBER 1920, THE. 
New York: The Dial Publishing Company, 1920. Illustrated by forty two 
b&w illustrations; Perrine, Corley, Gropper, Gibran, Lewis, Van Gogh. 
3/4 leather with marbled paper covered boards, raised bands and gilt 
lettering at spine. Thick 8vo. [676 pgs] Very good. Sample of 
contents:  D.H. Lawrence, Adolf; Michael Arlen, The CiDevant; T.S. 
Eliot, The Possibility of a Poetic Drama; Louis Untermeyer, Hilda and 
the The Unconscious; Gilbert Seldes, The Mind of an Artist; Ezra 
Pound, Paris, The Island of, A Letter; Richard Aldington, Proust, M. 
Marcel; Marcel Proust, Saint-Loup: A Portrait; William Butler Yeats, 
On a Political Prisoner, The Rose Tree; First appearance of James 
Joyce's, "A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight", etc... 
Ex-lib with very few marks. They are: shadow from label to spine, 
blindstamp on title page and pale stamped number to blank. Not 
circulated. Previous owner's attractive bookplate with black leather 
labels at both boards.  Front hinge is cracked. Contents are bright 
and sound.  $950.00

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