[Rarebooks] FS: 9 Items by JAMES JOYCE, most pre-1930

Tue Jun 10 09:49:41 EDT 2008

1.  JOYCE, James. "A New Unnamed Work" in TWO WORLDS. Volume I,  #1-4.
New  York: Two Worlds Publishing Co 1925-1926. Original printed wraps,
each  one  of  450 numbered copies of a total edition of  500,  though
none  of  these  four  issues is numbered.  The  first  appearance  in
America  of  portions  of  FINNEGANN'S WAKE,  though  unauthorized  by
Joyce.  Some  rubbing to the spines, but the covers are  secure.  Each
issue  has its own original black cardboard slipcase. Near Fine copies
of these fragile periodicals.                                  $450.00

2.  JOYCE, James. CHAMBER MUSIC. Boston: Cornhill Company [1918].  The
unauthorized   First  American  edition   of  Joyce's  first   book, a
collection  of  poetry. Minor dampstain at the base of the  gutter  on
most  pages.  Near  Fine in original glassine with long tears  on  the
rear.                                                          $250.00

3.  JOYCE,  James.  CHAMBER MUSIC. London: Egoist Press  1923.  Of  an
edition  of  500 copies of this, the Third English Edition,  only  107
were  bound  before Jonathan Cape acquired the sheets. This is one  of
those  now  quite uncommon 107 copies. Minor foxing to  the  endpapers
and  the  half title page. Light wear to the green cloth  and  slight,
small  spots of discoloration to the top of the front board. Very Good
and very difficult to locate.                                  $750.00

4.  JOYCE,  James.  EXILES.  A PLAY IN THREE ACTS.  New  York:  B.  W.
Huebsch  1918. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Published the  same
day  as  the British Edition and likely in very small numbers  as  the
publisher  stated  in  1921 that only 388 copies had sold.  Very  nice
copy  with  just minor edgewear to the boards, the contents and  spine
clean and bright. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper.   $450.00

5.  JOYCE,  James.  VERBANNTE.  SCHAUSPIEL  IN  DREI  AKTEN.  Zurich:
Rascher  &  Cie.  1919. First Edition. Printed green wraps  with  pink
errata  slip  tipped  in.  The First German Edition  of  Joyce's  play
EXILES.  Translated  by Hannah von Mettal and published in an  edition
of  600 copies at Joyce's expense. Typical browning to the cheap paper
of  the  text, which is largely unopened, with the covers intact  with
very  little  edgewear.  Very Good or better for this  fragile  piece.
                                                                $400.00

6.  (JOYCE, James) BECKETT, Samuel; WILLIAMS, William Carlos; et. al.
OUR  EXAGMINATION ROUND HIS FACTIFICATION FOR INCAMINATION OF WORK  IN
PROGRESS.  Paris:  Shakespeare  and Company 1929. First  Edition.  The
Regular  Paper  issue  in  printed wraps  of  Samuel  Beckett's  first
appearance  in a book. An appreciation of Joyce's Finnegans Wake.  Ink
underlining  and marginal notes to about a dozen pages; owner name  on
front  endpaper. Loss of about an inch to the paper at the top of  the
spine  though the letters there are still mostly present. Loss to  the
blank  margins  of just a few pages from being roughly opened. A  Very
Good copy overall.                                             $350.00

7.  (JOYCE,  James) GIEDION-WELCKER, C[arola] (editor). IN  MEMORIAM.
JAMES  JOYCE. Zurich: Fretz & Wasmuth (1941). First Edition.  Original
green  printed  wraps. Illustrated with a frontispiece  photograph  of
Joyce's  death  mask and a facsimile of a letter by Joyce. Two of  the
six  articles  in  this issue are in English, the  others  in  German.
Owner  name and date on front endpaper. Several instances of brief ink
underlining and notes. Very Good with mild wear.               $100.00

8.    (JOYCE,  James)  SLOCUM,  John   J.  and   CAHOON,   Herbert. A
BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  JAMES  JOYCE [1882-1941].  Westport,  CT:  Greenwood
Press  (1971).  Reprint.  Cloth.  viii, [ii],  195  pages.  Near  Fine
without dustwrapper, as issued.                                $125.00

9.  [JOYCE,  James]. THE VENTURE. AN ANNUAL OF ART  AND  LITERATURE..
London:  John  Baillie 1905. First Edition. Decorated cloth.  Includes
"Two  Songs" by James Joyce, preceding his first book CHAMBER MUSIC by
two  years.  Other contributors to this annual include Arthur  Symons,
Alice  Meynell,  Oliver Gogarty, and illustrators J. McNeil  Whistler,
Frank  Brangwyn,  Arthur Rackham, and J. S. Sargent. Two of the  minor
illustrations  lacking  in this copy. Rubbing and soiling  to  covers.
Very Good or better.                                           $600.00

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