[Rarebooks] FS: True First Edition of James Joyce's THE DUBLINERS, 1914, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $12,500,      Now $8500

JOYCE, James. DUBLINERS. London: Grant Richards, 1914. First Edition. 
Original red cloth with gilt lettering. The very scarce original edition 
of Joyce's landmark book comprised of 15 short stories including the 
title story, "Araby," and "The Dead." Of a total of 1250 copies, this is 
one of only 746 copies bound by Richards with the other 504 sent to 
America for the edition published by B. W. Huebsch. A rare book seldom 
seen in any condition, this copy seems to have been either retouched or 
is something of an anomaly from the publisher. The red dye to the cloth 
seems streaked somewhat on the front cover with the gilt there mostly 
dull though the gilt on the spine is very strong. The endpapers, which 
are completely original, are dyed red and are wove while the text is 
laid paper. Slocum in his bibliography of Joyce notes that the endpapers 
should be cream-white and wove. We are unaware of any other copy that 
has red endpapers as does this one. In addition all edges are trimmed 
and dyed red as well; Slocum notes the trimming but says nothing about 
the color. Both blanks and the half title are of course present. The 
text is very clean with one page having several words rubbed resulting 
in light inking and someone has inked over several of the letters. On 
the front endpaper is the owner name of Fagge dated 1914. Overall Near 
Fine, lacking the extremely scarce dustwrapper. (#012304)        $8,500.00

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