first edition Paperback
1930 · Paris and New York
by [Finnegans Wake Excerpt] Joyce, James
Paris and New York: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; The Fountain Press, 1930. First edition, limited. Paperback. Good. 72pp. Small quarto [28.5 cm] Printed white wrappers. Text printed in green and black. A number of magazine clippings are mounted to the recto and verso of the front flyleaf. The text block cracked at the half title, however it is still solid. There is a previous owner's name on front flyleaf. In the glassine wrapper which is lightly soiled, and prominently torn at the spine. Lacking the slipcase. An excerpt from what would become Finnegans Wake, Joyce's masterpiece.
Copy number 254 of 500 copies on handmade pure linen Vidalon Royal (specially manufactured for this edition) nos. 101 to 600 (from a total edition of 685). (Inventory #: 68085)
Copy number 254 of 500 copies on handmade pure linen Vidalon Royal (specially manufactured for this edition) nos. 101 to 600 (from a total edition of 685). (Inventory #: 68085)