JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dubliners. New York: Huebsch, 1916. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Sale 1023 - The Library of Jack Charles Davis, Sold to Support Charitable Institutions
May 3, 2022
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dubliners. New York: Huebsch, 1916.
8vo. Half-title. Original cloth (browning to spine and edges, some staining, upper hinge separated). Provenance: Clifton B. Carberry (1877-1940), managing editor of the Boston Post (stamp on endpaper and title, note); Daniel T. O'Connell, Harvard Club Boston (note on pastedown); sold The Old Corner Book store, Boston (bookseller's ticket).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, from the English sheets. The fifteen short stories that comprise Dubliners are presented in a variety of narrative styles. The first three stories are narrated by first-person child protagonists, while the remaining twelve are written in the third person and deal with the lives of progressively older people. Many of the characters in Dubliners appear in minor roles in Ulysses. Slocum & Cahoon 9.
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