Accession number
PML 197815
Creator
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Published
Paris : The Black Sun Press, 1929.
Credit line
Gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Notes
Preface by C.K. Ogden.
Printed in red and black throughout.
With an abstract portrait of the author by Brancusi.
"This first edition of Tales told of Shem and Shaun ... printed in hand-set Caslon in June 1929 for and under the direction of Harry and Caresse Crosby at their Black Sun Press (Maître-Imprimeur Lescaret) ... is limited to 100 copies on Japanese Vellum signed by the author, 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen and 50 copies Hors Commerce. The entire edition is for sale at the Bookshop of Harry F. Marks 31 West 47 Street New York"--Colophon.
Library's copy hand-numbered sixty-seven of 100 printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author.
Printed in red and black throughout.
With an abstract portrait of the author by Brancusi.
"This first edition of Tales told of Shem and Shaun ... printed in hand-set Caslon in June 1929 for and under the direction of Harry and Caresse Crosby at their Black Sun Press (Maître-Imprimeur Lescaret) ... is limited to 100 copies on Japanese Vellum signed by the author, 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen and 50 copies Hors Commerce. The entire edition is for sale at the Bookshop of Harry F. Marks 31 West 47 Street New York"--Colophon.
Library's copy hand-numbered sixty-seven of 100 printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author.
Description
[8] pages, 1 leaf of plate, XV, [1], 55, [5] pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Joyce's signature in ink on the half-title page, as issued.
Provenance
Civic Center Bookshop, San Francisco (their stamp on page 5 at end); The Sean and Mary Kelly Collection; gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Binding
Publisher's white printed paper wrappers, lettered in red and black, wrapped in glassine; issued in green suede cardboard slipcase, edged in silver paper, with green ribbon pull.
Classification
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Department