James Joyce : a lecture delivered in Milan in 1927 / by his friend Italo Svevo ; and now translated by Stanislaus Joyce for James Laughlin as a keepsake for his friends and those of New Directions.

Accession number

PML 197843

Creator

Svevo, Italo, 1861-1928, author.

Published

New York : New Directions, 1950.

Credit line

Gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.

Notes

"Sixteen hundred copies of this book were printed in Milan in October 1950 at the Officine Grafiche Esperia; one hundred copies numbered I to C for the friends of Giovanni Scheiwiller, and fifteen hundred copies for New Directions, New York"--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 840.

Description

67 unnumbered pages ; 11 cm

Provenance

The Sean and Mary Kelly Collection; gift of Sean and Mary Kelly, 2018.

Binding

Publisher's white printed wrappers, issued in photo-illustrated dust jacket (portraits of Joyce by Man Ray and Svevo on front and back covers respectively).

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James Joyce : a lecture delivered in Milan in 1927 / by his friend Italo Svevo ; and now translated by Stanislaus Joyce for James Laughlin as a keepsake for his friends and those of New Directions.