Accession number
PML 197820
Creator
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Published
The Hague : Servire Press ; Paris : Messageries Dawson, 1934, ©1933.
Credit line
Gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Notes
"The initial letter, tail-piece and cover were specially designed by Miss Lucia Joyce"--Verso of title page.
"Printed on the presses of G.J. Thieme at Nymegen in a) twenty-nine copies on Simili Japon of Van Gelder Zonen, bound in parchment, numbered I-XXIX (of which No. V-XXIX are for sale), and signed by Mr. James Joyce and Miss Lucia Joyce; b) one thousand copies on Old Antique Dutch, numbered 1-1000."--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 488; chiefly unopened.
"Printed on the presses of G.J. Thieme at Nymegen in a) twenty-nine copies on Simili Japon of Van Gelder Zonen, bound in parchment, numbered I-XXIX (of which No. V-XXIX are for sale), and signed by Mr. James Joyce and Miss Lucia Joyce; b) one thousand copies on Old Antique Dutch, numbered 1-1000."--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 488; chiefly unopened.
Description
4 preliminary leaves, 77 pages, 1 leaf ; 25 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Presentation inscription on front fly-leaf: To / Blanche Hall / James Joyce / Paris / 1 December 1937.
Provenance
Inscribed by Joyce to Blanche Hall, 1937; The Sean and Mary Kelly Collection; gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.
Binding
Publisher's cream card covers wrapped in pictorial white wrappers, printed in blue and illustrated with a design in blue, black, and silver by Lucia Joyce; in silver cardboard slipcase, pink paper label lettered in silver and ruled in blue.
Classification
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