Stephen Hero
by Joyce, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good DJ
- Seller
-
London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London:: Jonathan Cape,, 1956. Revised. Cloth. Very Good in Good DJ. Edited with an introduction by Theodore Spencer. Revised edition with additional material and a foreword by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon. Light foxing to pages and eps. Minimal pencil underlining scattered through text. Rubbing to cloth, light fraying to spine edge. Sunned and foxed dj. Some creasing and chipping to edges.
Synopsis
Stephen Hero is a posthumously-published autobiographical novel by Irish author James Joyce. Its published form reflects only a portion of an original manuscript, part of which was lost. Many of its ideas were used in composing A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Primrose Hill Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8699
- Title
- Stephen Hero
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good DJ
- Edition
- Revised
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Irish;
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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