Finnegans Wake
by Joyce, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First U. K. Printing. Original brick red cloth with gilt lettering at spine. First published in mcmxxxix on copyright page. Spine ends a bit softened, corners lean slightly inward.. Previous owner stamp on title page. Offset or toning to 2nd front endpage and to page 628. Original jacket in mylar has price of 25s net and chips/creases to spine ends, chipped corner. Housed in a fine custom box. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .
Synopsis
Finnegans Wake is a work of comic fiction by Irish author James Joyce, significant for an experimental style and its resulting reputation as one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of 17 years, and published in 1939, two years before the author's death, Finnegans Wake was Joyce's final work. -
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17270
- Title
- Finnegans Wake
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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