Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 158

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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
JOYCE, JAMES. Anna Livia Plurabelle. 8vo, publisher's gilt-stamped brown cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut; two 3/4-inch rectangle stains on front and rear endpapers each, else clean; preserved in 1/4 morocco slipcase and matching chemise. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928
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first edition. number 426 of 800 copies signed by joyce. First separate publication of what was to become one of the most lyrical, as well as intricately constructed, passages of Finnegans Wake. "He was prepared, he said, 'to stake everything' on this section of his book" (Ellman, 598). An attractive copy. Slocum & Cahoon A32.