first edition
1963 · London
by HAYMAN, David [ED.] [JOYCE, James]
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 26cm. Publisher's deep blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 330pp. Light scuffing to the cloth at corners and extremities, minor bumping to spine ends, with a little sunning in places; internally clean with some pale spotting to prelims and page edges, the "Reader's Key" is printed on the rear pastedown; in a clean, strong example of the dustjacket with a little light edgewear and soiling. A very good copy indeed.
A forensic deep dive into the earlier drafts of Joyce's monumental "Finnegans Wake", attempting to gather together the tangled and obstinate threads of narrative, folklore, and linguistic exuberance that resulted in one of the most undeniably important and influential novels of the twentieth century. (Inventory #: 85439)
A forensic deep dive into the earlier drafts of Joyce's monumental "Finnegans Wake", attempting to gather together the tangled and obstinate threads of narrative, folklore, and linguistic exuberance that resulted in one of the most undeniably important and influential novels of the twentieth century. (Inventory #: 85439)