Lot 278
JOYCE, James. Storiella As She is Syung. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE.
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Storiella As She is Syung. A Section of "Work in Progress". [London]: [Oxford University Press for] The Corvinus Press, 1937.
4to. Text printed in red and black; hand-colored "lettrine" after Lucia Joyce, illustrations and printed music in-text. (A few spots.) Original orange-stained limp vellum gilt-lettered on upper cover and spine, lower cover with Corvinus Press device gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a few small stains, lacking board slipcase).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 103 of 175 copies. Storiella "is among Carlow's most ambitious productions, and is arguably the most significant text to be printed at the Corvinus Press" (Nash and Flavell Corvinus 17). These fragments form pp. 260-275 and 304 of Finnegans Wake. Slocum & Cahoon A46.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio
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