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Lot 272
JOYCE, James. Anna Livia Plurabelle. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, SIGNED. A BRIGHT COPY.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
8vo. Half-title. (Title-page with crease and slight separation in gutter margin.) Original brown cloth gilt, top edge gilt (corners and spine ends very slightly rubbed, tiny hole in lower joint); cloth slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 364 of 800 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. Anna Livia Plurabelle, Chapter I of Finnegans Wake, was published in translation in November 1927 prior to the present separate publication (see previous lot). The chapter, named after its heroine Anna Livia Plurabelle, includes some of the Wake's most lyrical passages. Slocum and Cahoon A32. A BRIGHT COPY.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio