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Lot 249
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
8vo. Half-title. Original brown cloth gilt, top edge gilt.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 29 of 800 copies, SIGNED BY JOYCE. Anna Livia Plurabelle, Chapter I of Finnegans wake, was published in translation in November 1927 prior to the present separate publication. The chapter, named after its heroine Anna Livia Plurabelle, includes some of the Wake's most lyrical passages. Slocum and Cahoon A32. A VERY FINE COPY.
Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York