Stephen Hero: A Part of the First Draft of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'
by JOYCE, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG Only/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1944. Bound in black quarter buckram and faded green boards, sans DW; spine ends worn; corners bumped and worn; 1 of 3000 copies; edited by Theodore Spencer; black & white plates; 234pp. Priced accordingly.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG Only/No Jacket.
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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- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 910073
- Title
- Stephen Hero: A Part of the First Draft of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'
- Author
- JOYCE, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG Only
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Fiction
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...