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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 218

JOYCE (JAMES)
Finnegans Wake, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 295 OF 425 LARGE-PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, Faber & Faber, and New York, Viking Press, 1939

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JOYCE (JAMES)

Finnegans Wake, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 295 OF 425 LARGE-PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, with the 16-page pamphlet 'Correction of Misprints in Finnegans Wake... As Prepared by the Author after Publication of the First Edition' (1945) loosely inserted, occasional slight paper toning, very faint dampstain to inner margins of first few leaves, untrimmed in publisher's brick red buckram, spine titled and triple-ruled in gilt, t.e.g., preserved in glassine wrapper and original yellow cloth slipcase, the latter slightly soiled and rubbed [Slocum & Cahoon A47; Connolly, The Modern Movement 87], large 8vo, Faber & Faber, and New York, Viking Press, 1939

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A VERY GOOD COPY OF THE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, WITH THE 'MISPRINTS' PAMPHLET.

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