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JOYCE, JAMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
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JOYCE, JAMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

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Lot 364
JOYCE, JAMES A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. London: The Egoist Press, [1916 to copyright but 1917]. First English...
London: The Egoist Press, [1916 to copyright but 1917]. First English edition from the American sheets. Publisher's cloth, the cover stamped in blind and the spine in gilt. 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 12 cm); 299 pp. Bookplate, small losses to spine tips and a bit of restoration to the foot of spine, splits to upper joint, a few spots to covers and rubbed corners, some offset and spotting to endpapers and half-title.
This first English edition was "made up of American sheets because English printers would not take the responsibility of printing it." Slocum & Cahoon A12.


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Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs

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