Accession number
PML 197875
Creator
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Published
Paris : Obelisk Press ; London : Desmond Harmsworth, 1932.
Credit line
Gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Notes
A facsimile of Joyce's calligraphic text with reproductions of Lucia Joyce's illuminated initials at the beginning of each poem.
With guard sheets for each leaf of poems, printed in green with their titles.
"This edition is limited to twenty-five copies, all on Japan nacre, numbered 1-25 and signed by James Joyce"--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 10 of the 25 (plus an unspecified number of copies hors commerce).
"Imprimerie Vendome / Marcel Servant / 338 Rue Saint-Honoré / Paris"--Colophon.
Published October, 1932. 1,000 fr.
With guard sheets for each leaf of poems, printed in green with their titles.
"This edition is limited to twenty-five copies, all on Japan nacre, numbered 1-25 and signed by James Joyce"--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 10 of the 25 (plus an unspecified number of copies hors commerce).
"Imprimerie Vendome / Marcel Servant / 338 Rue Saint-Honoré / Paris"--Colophon.
Published October, 1932. 1,000 fr.
Description
[16] leaves : color illustrations ; 25 x 33 cm in 35 x 26 cm case
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by Joyce, as issued.
Provenance
The Sean and Mary Kelly Collection; gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Binding
Loose folded leaves in plain white wrapper; laid in publisher's green cloth portfolio; stamped in gold on front cover; with green ties. Housed in modern quarter green leather drop-spine box
Classification
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