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  • Milton Elting Hebald (American, 1917-2015) Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1964, 'James Joyce', H 17.5" W 9" Depth 7"
    Jun. 19, 2026

    Milton Elting Hebald (American, 1917-2015) Bronze Sculpture, Ca. 1964, 'James Joyce', H 17.5" W 9" Depth 7"

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    Marked "Hebald 1964, x/xx". Depicting a seated James Joyce (1882-1941) with his legs crossed and a book in his hand. Base height 1.25". A full-sized version of this bronze statue is featured at James Joyce's final resting place at the Fluntern Cemetery in Zurich, Switzerland.  Provenance: Property from a Southfield, MI private collector. Literature: "A life-sized sculpture of James Joyce will be placed and unveiled on the writer's grave at Fluntern Cemetery in Zurich, Switzerland, today, a date known to the literary world as Bloomsday. It was on June 16 that Joyce's spiraling story of "Ulysses" and Leopold Bloom occurs. The bronze monument to Joyce, who died in 1941, is a joint gift of Lee Nordness, New York art dealer, and Milton Hebald, an American sculptor. Mr. Nordness visited Joyce's grave in 1948 and said he was stunned to find it was distinguished only by a flat metal marker. In 1962 he asked the writer's son, George Joyce, in Munich, if he might donate a portrait monument. Mr. Joyce agreed provided that he could approve of the sculptor. Mr. Hebald, long an enthusiast of Joyce, agreed to the commission and donated his time. The City of Zurich, at George Joyce's request, exhumed the bodies of James Joyce and his wife-buried in separate sections of the cemetery and placed them in a special area side by side. The expense of moving the bodies was a gift of the city. Mr. Nordness said recently: "This is probably the most satisfying project I have ever worked on in my life. At last a great work of art will mark the memory of the greatest literary spokesman of our century."" The New York Times, June 16, 1966. Dimensions: H 17.5" W 9" Depth 7"

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  • Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937.
    May. 14, 2026

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937.

    Est: $600 - $800

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1937. 8vo. Original green cloth with Homeric bow gilt on upper cover designed by Eric Gill, gilt-lettered spine (spine lightly sunned); dust jacket (vertical crease and some darkening along spine panel, light chipping at extreme ends). FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION, reproduced from the 1936 edition that was limited to 900 copies, and generally considered the “final and definitive edition” of the novel. Slocum & Cahoon 23 (first English edition). This lot is located in Chicago.

    Freeman’s
  • [Matisse, Henri (1869-1954), illustrator]. -- Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.
    May. 14, 2026

    [Matisse, Henri (1869-1954), illustrator]. -- Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    [Matisse, Henri (1869-1954), illustrator]. -- Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to. 6 etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings on colored paper. Original brown cloth with upper cover and spine gilt-decorated, printed label on spine; glassine dust jacket (some chipping along extremities with 4 in. to front panel with loss); publisher's printed slipcase (light soiling and rubbing to extremes). LIMITED EDITION, number 511 of 1,500 copies, SIGNED BY MATISSE. Considered one of the most important works by Irish author James Joyce, Ulysses was first published in Paris by Shakespeare & Co. in 1922 and, from there, spent over a decade fending off legal challenges for perceived obscenity before finally seeing publication in the United States in 1934. The following year, George Macy, founder and publisher of the Limited Editions Club, paid French artist Henri Matisse $5,000 to create the illustrations for Macy's edition. Matisse famously created illustrations based on Homer's epic poem The Odyssey, claiming that he had not read Joyce's book. Though it is reported that Joyce was so angry at this perceived snub that he refused to sign more than 250 copies, the contract Joyce initially signed with Macy allowed only 250 copies to be signed by both him and Matisse, owing to Joyce's failing eyesight. The American Livre de Peintre, 32; The Artist and the Book, 197; Slocum and Calhoun, A22. This lot is located in Chicago.

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  • Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922.
    May. 14, 2026

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922.

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922. Small 4to. Half-title; 7pp. errata at end. Original "Greek flag" blue printed wrappers, uncut (rebacked, few tiny closed tears and light rubbing at extreme edges); folding case. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 670 of 200 copies on handmade paper printed in Dijon from the original plates for Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in London, and distributed by Rodker and Ezra Pound. Of the 2,000 copies printed, 500 copies were sent to America and were subsequently reported seized and burned by the United States government authorities; recent evidence suggests that not all of the copies sent to America were destroyed. According to Harriet Shaw Weaver, "a good number of copies sent by ordinary book post to the U.S.A got through to their various destinations, but some time between October 1922 (when the Egoist edition as published) and December, the U.S.A censorship authorities evidently became suspicious until finally 400-500 copies were confiscated and burnt" (qtd. in Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A18. [With:] Publisher's pre-publication announcement of the Shakespeare and Co. first edition laid in, with ink notations (presumably by the publisher) correcting the publisher's address and indicating that the 750 copies of the first edition printed on handmade paper had already sold out. This lot is located in Chicago.

    Freeman’s
  • James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First American edition. New York: Random House, 1934.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First American edition. New York: Random House, 1934.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First American edition. New York: Random House, 1934. Stated first authorized American edition, octavo; bound in publisher's cream cloth over beveled boards, lettered in red and black, top edge tinted red; in the unclipped first issue jacket with Reichel credited on the front panel (jacket toned, particularly at spine, small losses and tears, tape reinforcements to lower edge of spine panel; pale marginal toning throughout, minor offsetting to title, open corner tear affecting text to page 151; spine sunned, spotting, extremities rubbed, cloth slightly darkened at edges, small closed surface tear to lower flyleaf); 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. First published in Paris in 1922, Ulysses was banned in the United States until co-founder of Random House Bennet Cerf and attorney Morris Ernst successfully argued against the ban in 1933. An "unauthorized" first American edition had appeared serially in Samuel Roth's Two Worlds Monthly in 1929. However, most copies of Roth's edition were destroyed following a raid at his offices later that year. The present edition was published about a month after Cerf and Ernst won their case, United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses, and reprints both the full statement of approval by Judge John M. Woolsey and a 1932 letter from Joyce to Cerf chronicling the book's complex publication history. Slocum & Cahoon A21.

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Bodley Head edition. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Bodley Head edition. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936.

    Est: $500 - $700

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Bodley Head edition. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. First English edition printed in England, limited issue, quarto; number 103 of 900 hand-numbered copies on Japanese vellum from a total run of 1,000; bound in green linen buckram, front board stamped with a gilt bow designed by Eric Gill, spine gilt-lettered, top edge gilt, others uncut; with the publisher's unclipped dust jacket printed in red and black (soiled and toned, large section of loss at bottom edge, short tear to upper edge, minor chips; occasional tiny stains, small spot of offsetting to page 647; spine lightly sunned, boards very slightly bowed, extremities bumped, rubbing, minor staining to endpapers, small open tear to lower flyleaf); 10 x 7 ½ in.  Slocum & Cahoon 23.

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929.

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition, limited issue, quarto; number 187 of 500 copies on Holland Van Gelder Zonen from a total run of 650; illustrated with an abstract portrait of Joyce by Brancusi; bound in original cream printed wrappers, glassine jacket preserved; housed in the original gilt publisher's slipcase (small losses to glassine, mostly at corners and spine ends, one split at fold; two very minor marginal tears; top of slipcase detached but present); 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun is the second separately published excerpt from what would become Finnegans Wake, preceded by Anna Livia Plurabelle. Slocum & Cahoon 36.

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First Pirated American Edition. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927 [but actually New York: printed by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger for Samuel Roth, 1929].
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First Pirated American Edition. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927 [but actually New York: printed by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger for Samuel Roth, 1929].

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. First Pirated American Edition. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927 [but actually New York: printed by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger for Samuel Roth, 1929]. First unauthorized American book edition, pirating the ninth official printing, quarto; with "Jonathan" misspelled on page 2, position of fly title and divisional numeral reversed, and the inversion of type on page 323; rebound in full black morocco, spine gilt-lettered, black textured cloth endpapers; with the original blue front wrapper bound in (partially unopened, chips and small tears from clumsy paperknife-work, occasional aged tape repairs at margins, scattered small stains; front wrapper and final leaf mounted on cardstock, leather decaying at edges, rubbing, finger stains); 8 ½ x 6 in.  "Copies of this pirated ninth edition reached Paris and were imported into the United States as genuine copies. One of these, sent by Joyce to Bennett A. Cerf of Random House, was used in setting up the first authorized American edition of Ulysses...Many copies of this piracy were seized by the Society for the Suppression of Vice on October 5, 1929." Thus, scarce at auction, with only a handful of copies offered in the last 25 years. Slocum & Cahoon 19.

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Egoist Press edition. London: The Egoist Press, 1922.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Egoist Press edition. London: The Egoist Press, 1922.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    James Joyce (1882-1941) Ulysses. Egoist Press Edition. London: The Egoist Press, 1922. First English edition, limited issue, quarto; number 640 of 2,000 numbered copies printed on handmade paper; with half-title and 8 pages of errata laid in before text; bound in original blue wrappers (scattered minor stains and thumbing, few ink annotations, tiny hole to margin of one page, very pale marginal toning; small losses to edges of wrappers, splitting at joints, soiling, rubbed); housed in a custom red morocco-backed slipcase and chemise; 9 x 7 in.  Slocum & Cahoon 18.

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1916.
    Apr. 23, 2026

    James Joyce (1882-1941) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1916.

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    James Joyce (1882-1941) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1916. First edition, octavo; bound in blue publisher's cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt-lettered (repaired tear at gutter of page 214; spine a bit sunned, two small stains, extremities rubbed and bumped, front hinge split, lower starting, light offsetting to front endpapers); 7 ¼ x 4 7/8 in.  Slocum & Cahoon A11.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922.
    Nov. 13, 2025

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922. Small 4to. Half-title. (A few small spots very occasionally in margins.) Original "Greek flag" blue printed wrappers, uncut and unopened (corner crease to upper cover, discrete and professional restoration to spine joints and ends, and a few tiny spots to cover edges, some light toning, a few pencil notations to upper cover); folding case. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 1392 of 2000 copies on handmade paper printed in Dijon from the original plates for Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in London, and distributed by Rodker and Ezra Pound. Of the 2,000 copies printed, 500 copies were sent to America and were subsequently reported seized and burned by the United States government authorities; recent evidence suggests that not all of the copies sent to America were destroyed. According to Harriet Shaw Weaver, "a good number of copies sent by ordinary book post to the U.S.A got through to their various destinations, but some time between October 1922 (when the Egoist edition as published) and December, the U.S.A censorship authorities evidently became suspicious until finally 400-500 copies were confiscated and burnt" (qtd. in Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A18. A BRIGHT COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. This lot is located in Chicago.

    Freeman’s
  • BOOKS: "Finnegan's Wake" by James Joyce (1882–1941) first American edition, published by The Viking Press, New York, 1939, 8vo, original gilt–lettered black cloth binding, faded blue top edge.
    Nov. 03, 2025

    BOOKS: "Finnegan's Wake" by James Joyce (1882–1941) first American edition, published by The Viking Press, New York, 1939, 8vo, original gilt–lettered black cloth binding, faded blue top edge.

    Est: $100 - $200

    BOOKS: "Finnegan's Wake" by James Joyce (1882–1941) first American edition, published by The Viking Press, New York, 1939, 8vo, original gilt–lettered black cloth binding, faded blue top edge.

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  • First American Edition James Joyce Book, Finnegans Wake
    Oct. 12, 2025

    First American Edition James Joyce Book, Finnegans Wake

    Est: $200 - $800

    The first American edition of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, published in 1939 by The Viking Press, New York. This copy is housed in a protective glossy cover, though it does not include the original dust jacket. The book's black cloth boards retain the original gold lettering on the spine and front cover. A foundational piece of modernist literature, this edition remains a significant artifact for collectors of rare books and James Joyce enthusiasts alike. Artist: James Joyce Issued: 1939 Dimensions: 6.25"L x 1.75"W x 9.75"H Edition Number: First Edition Country of Origin: United States Provenance: Dr. Robert H. Baer Collection

    Lion and Unicorn
  • James Joyce:Two Tales Of Shem And Shaun - Fragments From Work In Progress J
    Jun. 25, 2025

    James Joyce:Two Tales Of Shem And Shaun - Fragments From Work In Progress J

    Est: €50 - €100

    James Joyce:Two Tales Of Shem And Shaun - Fragments From Work In Progress Joyce, James Published by Faber & Faber, 1932, 1st Ed. HB, DJ not price clipped;.Chamber Music/ by James Joyce Joyce, James (1882-1941) Published by London: Jonathan Cape, 1964; oyce: A Clew Byrne, Mairead Published by Bluett & Co, 1982 (3)

    Purcell Auctioneers
  • Joyce (James, 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Joyce'
    Jun. 20, 2024

    Joyce (James, 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Joyce'

    Est: £1,000 - £1,500

    Joyce (James, 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Joyce' * Joyce (James, 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Joyce', La Résidence, Paris, 4 October 1931, to Mrs Pinker on hotel stationery, beginning, 'For goodness sake do not allude ever again to my dreadful injury that night at your house. What happened to my voice I do not know l'est pour bien plus!', regretting that they cannot dine with them and hoping that they will do soon, and asking her to tell Mr Pinker 'the absurd passage about cricket is marked on p. 231 of the Paris Magazine which I am sending him today. He will remember I spoke to him about it, a few minor spots, written in black ink on the first and fourth page of a bifolium, 2 pp., 8vo, together with an earlier Autograph Letter Signed from 'Rolly', Vanderbilt Hotel, New York, 11 July 1929, to Vonnie & Ralf, saying that he is longing to hear about Rabbit from Betty in her next letter, 'Yesterday I called on the important New York House of Jas Pinker & Co. and made myself known to your brother ... I have had a most interesting time during the short time available and wish I could stay much longer and go to other parts of America and also have a glimpse of Canada... ', 4 pp., square 8vo, plus an Autograph Letter Signed from Trevor R. V. Blakemore to Mrs Pinker, Sark, Channel Islands, 16 May 1931, asking her whether she would care to come down to Ranelagh on a polo afternoon and 'I do hope the remainder of my poems come up to your very kind estimation of the prelude poem, and that it was of some use to your husband in his sad loss... ', some overall spotting, filing holes to left margin, 2 pp., 4to QTY: (3) NOTE: James Joyce and his wife, Nora Barnacle, were married on 4 July 1931 and moved to Paris where they lived in the hotel La Residence between September and October 1931. The literary agency of James Pinker & Sons was founded by James Brand Pinker and, upon his death, was run by his two sons Eric Seabrooke and James Randolph until November 1930 when the partnership was dissolved. Eric moved to New York and James stayed in Britain. Yvonne 'Vonnie' Pinker was the wife of James Randolph Pinker, the literary agent for James Joyce. See J. H. Stape, '"The Pinker of Agents": A Family History of James Brand Pinker', The Conradian, 34 (1), (2009), pp. 111-143.

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  • Joyce, James (1882-1941) Bride-Ship and Gulls.
    Apr. 11, 2024

    Joyce, James (1882-1941) Bride-Ship and Gulls.

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Joyce, James (1882-1941) Bride-Ship and Gulls. New York: Vincent FitzGerald & Company, 1991. Limited edition Artist's proof, number 8 of 25 copies signed by Susan Weil and illustrated by her with six line etchings hand-painted in watercolor and gouache, and heightened with gold leaf; each illustration mounted on museum board and framing the small octavo-format text volume; bound in publisher's purple boards by Zahra Partovi; contained in original custom grey clamshell box with circular recess by the Thistle Bindery; illustrations 16 x 16 in., text volume: 7 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. Weil's final livre d'artiste celebrates the life and work of James Joyce. The text of Bride-Ship and Gulls is excerpted from Finnegans Wake.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysses. Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.
    Mar. 21, 2024

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysses. Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922.

    Est: €8,000 - €12,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysses. Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922. JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysses. Paris : Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Exemplaire sur "handmade paper" de l'édition originale, en sobre et élégant demi-maroquin bleu. Boudée par les principaux éditeurs français, l'œuvre majeure de Joyce est publiée dans sa version originale en 1922, par Sylvia Beach, Américaine vivant à Paris. Dans une lettre visionnaire du 6 juillet 1921 adressée à Jacques Rivière, alors directeur de la NRF, l'écrivain Valery Larbaud, que Joyce considérait comme "la seule personne ayant compris quelque chose au livre", déplorait ce désintérêt : "Une fois Ulysses publié, Joyce sera l'écrivain le plus célèbre, le plus scandaleusement célèbre du monde. [...] Une belle occasion de perdue pour la NRF". Bien peu nombreux étaient en effet "ceux qui, à l'époque, ont défendu Joyce sans aucune arrière-pensée et sans revirement" (Pierre Guglielmina). Slocum & Cahoon A17. In-4 (232 x 182 mm). Édition originale. Un des 750 exemplaires sur "handmade paper" (vergé), celui-ci le n°281 (minimes réparations en marge extérieure du faux-titre et du titre, petite mouillure en marge extérieure du cahier 46). Reliure de l'époque : demi-maroquin bleu à coins, gardes de papier marbré pailleté d'or, couverture et dos conservés, tête dorée sur témoins. étui (restaurations au dos de la couverture, dos de la reliure légèrement insolé). First edition, one of the 750 copies on handmade paper, in an elegant half-blue morocco binding.

    Christie's
  • Bibliothèque André Guichard JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La M
    Mar. 21, 2024

    Bibliothèque André Guichard JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La M

    Est: €600 - €800

    Bibliothèque André Guichard JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des Amis des Livres - Adrienne Monnier, 1929. JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des Amis des Livres - Adrienne Monnier, 1929. Exemplaire sur Arches de la première édition française, relié par Devauchelle. La traduction en français, qui débute en 1924, est le fruit du travail d'Auguste Morel et de Stuart Gilbert; elle est ensuite révisée par Valery Lerbaud et Joyce lui-même. Slocum & Cahoon, D17. In-8 (232 x 186 mm). Première édition française. Un des 100 exemplaires sur vélin d'Arches (second papier après 25 sur Hollande), celui-ci le n°67. Reliure signée d'Alain Devauchelle, datée 2006 (sur l'emboîtage) : buffle bleu marine, plats ornés en partie médiane de grands listels verticaux de buffle bleu marine, plat supérieur orné en son milieu d'une large bande en relief biseautée, mi-buffle bleu mi-buffle blanc, avce le titre l'ouvrage en lettres mosaïquées en deux parties alternées, dos lisse avec nom de l'auteur mosaïqué en relief en buffle bleu marine, doublure et garde de daim gris clair, couverture conservée, emboîtage. Arches wove copy of the first French translation, in an inlaid binding by Devauchelle.

    Christie's
  • JAMES JOYCE Finnegans Wake James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans
    Sep. 28, 2023

    JAMES JOYCE Finnegans Wake James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans

    Est: £7,000 - £10,000

    JAMES JOYCE Finnegans Wake James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber Limited; New York: The Viking Press, 1939. "First edition, limited issue, signed by Joyce and preserving the original slipcase and mailing carton. This is no. 187 of 425 copies printed on handmade paper and specially bound. One of Joyce’s final published works, Finnegans Wake pushes the boundaries of literary experimentation by employing a cyclical structure that defies conventional concepts of beginning and end. The book was jointly issued by Faber & Faber and The Viking Press, with the first 125 copies reserved for the UK and the remaining 300 for the US. Slocum & Cahoon A49. "Octavo. (Trivial intermittent spotting.) Original brick red buckram, lettered in gilt on spine, bottom and fore-edge untrimmed, top edge gilt (faintest wear to corners); publisher’s yellow cloth slipcase and original mailing carton both bearing the number 187 (slipcase with minor wear and soiling; carton somewhat worn and darkened, pen marks to one edge, lacking one flap); modern slipcase lettered in gilt on spine.

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  • JAMES JOYCE Ulysses James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London:
    Sep. 28, 2023

    JAMES JOYCE Ulysses James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London:

    Est: £15,000 - £25,000

    JAMES JOYCE Ulysses James Joyce "JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. "First British edition issued in a deluxe limited format of 100 copies bound in vellum, numbered 24 and signed by the author in ink. This edition was based on the second impression of the Odyssey Press edition of 1933, with the addition of appendices: ‘International Protest’ and ‘Injunction against Samuel Roth,’ a letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf with other materials on the court case which lifted the ban on publication, and Pertzhoff's ‘Bibliography.’ Slocum and Cahoon 23 "Large 8vo (254 x 190mm). Printed on mould-made paper, title printed in blue and black, publisher's prospectus ‘final and definitive edition’ loosely inserted at pp.36-7 (the prospectus with very minor significant spotting confined to margins and this offsetting slightly onto adjacent pp.36-7 in the book). Original vellum by the Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co., covers stamped with Homeric bow design after Eric Gill in gilt, titled in gilt on spine, top edges gilt (just a few very minor spots on fore-edge); original decorative-paper covered slipcase (insignificant discolouration to sides, extremities faintly rubbed). Provenance: Harold Arnold (loosely inserted invoice and receipt dated 15 October 1936 for his purchase of the book from the publisher for 4 guineas – some 2 guineas cheaper than the price advertised on the label on the slipcase; together with some newspaper clippings and pencilled notes relating to Joyce and Ulysses).

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  • [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941)
    Jul. 13, 2023

    [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941)

    Est: €500 - €600

    [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish novelist and poet. An unusual partially printed document, completed and signed on behalf of Joyce in the hand of an administrative agent, four pages, 4to, Paris, 21st April 1939, in French. The official Reseau Telephonique de Paris (Paris Telephone Network) document is Joyce's contract to have a telephone line installed at 34 rue des Vignes in Paris for an annual fee of six hundred and sixty francs, the head of the first page stamped Transfert ('Transfer') and a further stamp with manuscript insertions to the third page confirming that the document replaces an earlier commitment to have a telephone line at 7 rue Edmond Valentin and that the minimum duration of the subscription is still in place. The foot of the third page is signed on behalf of Joyce with the observation 'Lu et accepté' (Translation: 'Read and accepted'). A moving document relating to Joyce's last private residence in Paris. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG James Joyce first came to Paris in July 1920 and would reside in the French capital for almost two decades, although the writer never bought a home of his own. Joyce's health problems afflicted him throughout his Paris years and despite over a dozen eye operations his vision severely declined and by the 1930s he was practically blind, making the telephone an important method of communication and explaining why he was unable to sign the present document. Joyce lived in an elegant apartment at 7 rue Edmond Valentin, close to the River Seine and Eiffel Tower, for five years from February 1935 until April 1939 before moving into a smaller apartment (although blessed with a lot of natural light) at 34 rue des Vignes on 15th April 1939. Finnegans Wake was published whilst Joyce was living in the apartment, which he would leave after six months in mid-October 1939. Following the fall of France in 1940 Joyce and his family travelled to Zurich to flee the Nazi occupation. On 11th January 1941 Joyce underwent surgery and fell into a coma the next day, awaking briefly at 2 am on 13th January before dying fifteen minutes later.

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  • [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941)
    Mar. 15, 2023

    [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941)

    Est: €500 - €600

    [JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish novelist and poet. An unusual partially printed document, completed and signed on behalf of Joyce in the hand of an administrative agent, four pages, 4to, Paris, 21st April 1939, in French. The official Reseau Telephonique de Paris (Paris Telephone Network) document is Joyce's contract to have a telephone line installed at 34 rue des Vignes in Paris for an annual fee of six hundred and sixty francs, the head of the first page stamped Transfert ('Transfer') and a further stamp with manuscript insertions to the third page confirming that the document replaces an earlier commitment to have a telephone line at 7 rue Edmond Valentin and that the minimum duration of the subscription is still in place. The foot of the third page is signed on behalf of Joyce with the observation 'Lu et accepté' (Translation: 'Read and accepted'). A moving document relating to Joyce's last private residence in Paris. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG James Joyce first came to Paris in July 1920 and would reside in the French capital for almost two decades, although the writer never bought a home of his own. Joyce's health problems afflicted him throughout his Paris years and despite over a dozen eye operations his vision severely declined and by the 1930s he was practically blind, making the telephone an important method of communication and explaining why he was unable to sign the present document. Joyce lived in an elegant apartment at 7 rue Edmond Valentin, close to the River Seine and Eiffel Tower, for five years from February 1935 until April 1939 before moving into a smaller apartment (although blessed with a lot of natural light) at 34 rue des Vignes on 15th April 1939. Finnegans Wake was published whilst Joyce was living in the apartment, which he would leave after six months in mid-October 1939. Following the fall of France in 1940 Joyce and his family travelled to Zurich to flee the Nazi occupation. On 11th January 1941 Joyce underwent surgery and fell into a coma the next day, awaking briefly at 2 am on 13th January before dying fifteen minutes later.

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  • James Joyce. Sa vie, son oeuvre, son rayonnement. Paris, La Hune, 1949.
    Oct. 19, 2022

    James Joyce. Sa vie, son oeuvre, son rayonnement. Paris, La Hune, 1949.

    Est: €30 - €50

    James Joyce. Sa vie, son oeuvre, son rayonnement. Paris, La Hune, 1949. In-8 (21,5 x 16,3 cm). Catalogue de l'exposition James Joyce à la Galerie - Librairie La Hune à Paris en 1949. Tirage limité à 1500 exemplaires. Estimation 30 - 50 €

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  • JOYCE, James (1881-1941) ULYSSE. PARIS : LA MAISON DES AMIS DES LIVRES, 192
    May. 12, 2022

    JOYCE, James (1881-1941) ULYSSE. PARIS : LA MAISON DES AMIS DES LIVRES, 192

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    JOYCE, James (1881-1941) ULYSSE. PARIS : LA MAISON DES AMIS DES LIVRES, 1929

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  • JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941)
    Apr. 07, 2022

    JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941)

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish Novelist. Regarded as one of the more influential writers of the 20th century, he is best known for his work Ulysses (1922). A fine A.L.S., `James Joyce, ´two pages, oblong small 8vo card, Paris, n.d., [December 1925 - early 1926], on his personal printed stationery card, bearing to the upper right corner his Parisian address ''2, Square Robiac, 192 Rue de Grenelle VII'', to Mr. Suter, in French. Joyce annotates beneath his printed address a telephone `Tel - Segur 95-20'', and states 'Dear Suter, if Madame Suter is in Paris, maybe she could come here for tea time on Wednesday at 4 or 4h30. My wife wishes to talk to her - not about the servants. If not, would you give me a telephone call?´ Joyce further refers to his health problems saying `How are you? Hope you are well. I have suffered a seventh surgery. It was rather bad this time.´ Joyce had multiple eye-operations during his life. He refers here to the two operations he had in December 1925. Creasing to the left border and upper right corner, not affecting the text and signature, otherwise G Auguste Suter (1887-1965) Swiss Sculptor. Considered one of the greatest Swiss sculptors of all time. Suter and Joyce shared a close and friendly relationship. Suter´s clay sculpture of James Joyce did not survive WWII. Suter´s wife, a professional singer, gave singing lessons to Joyce´s daughter Lucia.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882–1941). Finnegans Wake. New York: The Vik...
    Feb. 26, 2022

    JOYCE, James (1882–1941). Finnegans Wake. New York: The Vik...

    Est: $100 - $200

    JOYCE, James (1882–1941). Finnegans Wake. New York: The Viking Press, 1939. 8vo. Original publisher’s black gilt-lettered cloth, top edge stained blue (tiny spots of fraying near crown corners, else fine). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, offset from proofs supplied by the English publisher, Faber and Faber (see previous lot). Slocum and Cahoon A48.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & F...
    Feb. 26, 2022

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & F...

    Est: $600 - $800

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth with spine lettered in gilt; original unclipped dust jacket (tears and missing sections at extremities, archival tape repairs to verso). Includes Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake pamphlet, prepared by James Joyce shortly after the book’s publication (printed 1945). Provenance: Kenneth Muir (inscription). FIRST TRADE EDITION OF WHICH ONLY 2,255 COPIES WERE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. A rare edition of Joyce’s final work, scarce in dust jacket. Slocum and Cahoon, A47; Connolly 87.

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  • MATISSE, HENRI. 1869-1954. JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935.
    Oct. 15, 2021

    MATISSE, HENRI. 1869-1954. JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935.

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    MATISSE, HENRI. 1869-1954. JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to (298 x 230 mm). 6 softground etched plates, with 20 illustrations of preliminary sketches for the etchings on variously sized blue and yellow paper, all by Matisse. Publisher's cloth stamped with abstract time-piece design including Matisse's Nausicaa embossed in gold on the front cover, spine decorated in gilt, clean, hinges started, publisher's slipcase, reinforced at upper and lower panels, custom morocco backed folding box. Provenance: Paul and Ruth Bishop (bookplate to pastedown). A FINE COLLABORATION BETWEEN TWO OF THE GREAT LITERARY AND ARTISTIC FIGURES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, number 1449 of 1500 copies signed by Matisse, and a masterpiece of 20th-century book design and illustration. Curiously, Matisse based his drawings on Homer's Odyssey, leading to speculation he never read the book he was supposed to illustrate. Reportedly, Joyce was so incensed that he stopped signing the edition, making the copies signed by both exceedingly rare. However, it's likely that the story is apocryphal, as the contract Joyce signed was to sign 250 copies, all that his poor eyesight would allow him to manage. The Artist and the Book 197. Slocum & Cahoon 22. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre, 1929
    Oct. 07, 2021

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre, 1929

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941) Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre, 1929 In-4 (235 x 190 mm). Première édition française, traduite par Auguste Morel et Stuart Gilbert et revue par Valery Larbaud et… "

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  • Carola Giedion-Welcker 1893-1979
    Sep. 21, 2021

    Carola Giedion-Welcker 1893-1979

    Est: €800 - €2,000

    Carola Giedion-Welcker 1893-1979 James Joyce in Zürich, 1938, Vintage print Am Unterrand montiert in: James Joyce, Jugend-Bildnis, 3. Auflage, Basel u. a., Rhein-Verlag, um 1930, 373 S., 1 Bl., Olwd., Gebrauchsspuren; Fotografie rechts oben Eckknick Rarissimum in der fotografischen Bildergalerie zu James Joyce (1882-1941), eine von mehreren Varianten aus der Kamera der Kunsthistorikerin Giedion-Welcker, Schauplatz am Zusammenfluß von Limmat und Sihl am Zürcher Platzspitz, seit 2004 als ein Lieblingsort von Joyce mit Metallbuchstaben in der Mauer bezeichnet (Initiative der Zürcher Joyce-Stiftung) Nachweisbar ist eine weitere Vintage-Fotografie des vorliegenden Motivs im Hulton Archive, heute Getty-Sammlung, wo Neuabzüge in verschiedenen Formaten angeboten werden (Fotograf R gettyimages: Giedon Weliker [sic!]) Reprod. in: A. Fischer, James Joyce in Zurich, A Guide, London u. a., 2021, Umschlagabbildung 11,6:8,7 cm

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
    May. 12, 2021

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.

    Est: $1,500 - $2,500

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. 8vo. Half-title. Original brown cloth gilt, top edge gilt. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 29 of 800 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. Anna Livia Plurabelle, Chapter I ofFinnegans wake, was published in translation in November 1927 prior to the present separate publication. The chapter, named after its heroine Anna Livia Plurabelle, includes some of theWake's most lyrical passages. Slocum and Cahoon A32. A VERY FINE COPY. Property from Historic Sengen House, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. In: Two Worlds Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol.III, No. 3. New York City: Two Worlds Publishing Company, July 1926 - September 1927.
    May. 12, 2021

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. In: Two Worlds Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol.III, No. 3. New York City: Two Worlds Publishing Company, July 1926 - September 1927.

    Est: $600 - $800

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. In: Two Worlds Monthly, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol.III, No. 3. New York City: Two Worlds Publishing Company, July 1926 - September 1927. 11 volumes, 8vo. Original printed wrappers (some chipping or tears). Pirated first appearance of Joyce's Ulysses in America, published by Samuel Roth. Complete as issued in 11 volumes; a 12th installment was planned but not issued separately, although it did appear when the work was issued in a two-volume bound edition. Joyce sought and obtained an injunction against Roth, and sued for damages. Slocum & Cahoon C-68 ("This unauthorized serialization of Ulysses resulted in considerable public indignation and provoked the 'International Protest' signed by 167 artists and writers and printed in transition" in April 1927.) Property from the Collection of Andy Nettell

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  • JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Haveth Childers Everywhere. Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press, 1930.
    Dec. 11, 2020

    JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Haveth Childers Everywhere. Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press, 1930.

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    JOYCE, JAMES. 1882-1941. Haveth Childers Everywhere. Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane; New York: Fountain Press, 1930. 4to. Title printed in green and black, initials and headlines printed in green. Original white paper covers with printed titling on front and spine, leaves untrimmed and unopened in the original glassine protective wrapper, original three-panel stiff card folder covered with gilt paper (lacking original slipcase.) Folder slightly rubbed, bookplate on Inside front cover of folder (John Kobler), corners slightly bumped. otherwise very fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. Number 24 of 100 copies on iridescent handmade Japon, signed by the author (plus an additional 500 on paper and 75 writer's copies.) This luxury version of an excerpt from Finnegans Wake is printed on handmade paper that that has a pearlescent sheen. In his book review for the New York Times (11 January 1931), Herbert Matthews says this fragment is 'an attempt to enrich and refashion the English language, and as such is highly stimulating and carries the reader through a form of mental gymnastics which is not without its profit and amusement.' However, he admits, 'after an honest and patient effort, backed by a previous reading of all of Mr. Joyce's work, 'Haveth Childers Everywhere' still remained absolutely incomprehensible,' and he expresses concern that 'Mr. Joyce has gone a little further on the path he is hewing for himself toward what seems to be complete linguistic chaos.' For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. 1930
    Dec. 09, 2020

    James Joyce (1882-1941) A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. 1930

    Est: £6,000 - £9,000

    JOYCE, James Augustine Aloysius (1882-1941). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Leipzig: Tauchnitz, 1930. Author's presentation copy, inscribed just nine days before Joyce's death. The book itself, Joyce's earliest sustained experimental work, and the work which introduced his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, is the Tauchnitz edition published in Leipzig in 1930 to secure copyright. See Slocum and Cahoon 13 note. Octavo (161 x 114mm). Half-title 'Collection of British and American Authors. Vol. 4937' (faint marginal stain to p.293). Contemporary half roan over papercovered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, joints more heavily). Provenance: author's presentation copy (inscribed in green ink on half-title 'Zurich 4.1.1491 [sic]' to:) – Gustav Zumsteg (1915-2005).

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) DUBLINERS. 1932
    Dec. 09, 2020

    James Joyce (1882-1941) DUBLINERS. 1932

    Est: £8,000 - £12,000

    JOYCE, James Augustine Aloysius (1882-1941). Dubliners. Hamburg: Albatross, 1932 Author's presentation copy to Gustav Zumsteg. The present lot is inscribed on 4 January 1941; just six days later, Joyce was struck down with acute abdominal pains, but after an operation to remove a perforated duodenal ulcer, never suffucently recovered, and passed away on 13 January. The book itself, Joyce's earliest masterpiece and arguably the greatest collection of short stories in English, is the Albatross edition published in Hamburg in 1932. See Slocum and Cahoon 10 note. Octavo (176x 106mm). Second impression. Half-title 'The Albatross Modern Continetal Library Volume I' (faint marginal stain on p.9). Contemporary half roan over paper-covered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, joints more heavily). Provenance: author's presentation copy (inscribed in green ink on halftitle 'Zurich 4.1.1941' to:) – Gustav Zumsteg (1915-2005).

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  • James Joyce (1882-1941) ULYSSES. 1932
    Dec. 09, 2020

    James Joyce (1882-1941) ULYSSES. 1932

    Est: £15,000 - £20,000

    JOYCE, James Augustine Aloysius (1882-1941). Ulysses. Hamburg: Odyssey Press, 1932. Author's presentation copy to Gustav Zumsteg, son of Hulda Zumsteg, the notable proprietors of the famous Kronenhalle restaurant in Zürich, just a few days before Joyce's death. Joyce's travels over continental Europe often took him to Zürich, which he first visited in 1904. He wrote portions of Ulysses while in the city during the First World War, and later 'Work in Progress', or Finnegans Wake, as it came to be known. With the invasion of France in 1940, Joyce managed to secure exile in Zürich, arriving there on 17 December 1940. He was a frequent visitor to the Kronenhalle; in an interview with the New York Times in 1987, Gustav Zumsteg claimed that, 'Joyce lived here for eight years ... He came here every day. And he left this place to die' (https://www.nytimes. com/1987/01/04/travel/zurich-s-haven-of-genius-and-joviality.html). The present lot is inscribed 'New Year 1941'; just a few days later, Joyce was struck down with acute abdominal pains, but after an operation to remove a perforated duodenal ulcer, never suffucently recovered, and passed away on 13 January. The impact of Joyce's Ulysses was revolutionary in its own time, and the book continues to stand as the single most significant English language novel of the last century. The complexity of it is revealed in the statement on verso of the present lot's title: 'The present edition may be regarded as the deifnitive standard edition, as it has been specially revised, at the author's request, by Stuart Gilbert'. It predates the first edition to be printed in England by 4 years. Slocum and Cahoon 20 ('generally considered to be the most accurate and authoritative text'). 2 volumes, octavo (175 x 111mm). Standard Odyssey edition. Half-titles and final blanks in both vols. Contemporary half roan over paper-covered boards (extremities lightly rubbed, joints more heavily). Provenance: author's presentation copy (inscribed in green ink on half-title of vol. I, 'With many thanks and best wishes ... Zurich New Year 1941' to:) – Gustav Zumsteg (1915- 2005). (2)

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  • JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941)
    Dec. 02, 2020

    JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941)

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish Novelist. Regarded as one of the more influential writers of the 20th century, he is best known for his work Ulysses (1922). A fine A.L.S., `James Joyce, ´two pages, oblong small 8vo card, Paris, n.d., [December 1925 - early 1926], on his personal printed stationery card, bearing to the upper right corner his Parisian address ''2, Square Robiac, 192 Rue de Grenelle VII'', to Mr. Suter, in French. Joyce annotates beneath his printed address a telephone `Tel - Segur 95-20'', and states 'Dear Suter, if Madame Suter is in Paris, maybe she could come here for tea time on Wednesday at 4 or 4h30. My wife wishes to talk to her - not about the servants. If not, would you give me a telephone call?´ Joyce further refers to his health problems saying `How are you? Hope you are well. I have suffered a seventh surgery. It was rather bad this time.´ Joyce had multiple eye-operations during his life. He refers here to the two operations he had in December 1925. Creasing to the left border and upper right corner, not affecting the text and signature, otherwise G Auguste Suter (1887-1965) Swiss Sculptor. Considered one of the greatest Swiss sculptors of all time. Suter and Joyce shared a close and friendly relationship. Suter´s clay sculpture of James Joyce did not survive WWII. Suter´s wife, a professional singer, gave singing lessons to Joyce´s daughter Lucia.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936. FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND, LIMITED ISSUE.
    Nov. 06, 2019

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936. FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND, LIMITED ISSUE.

    Est: $600 - $800

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1936.  4to (252 x 190 mm). Publisher's green linen buckram, gilt Homeric bow design by Eric Gill to upper cover, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine and edge sunned, corners bumped, lacking dust jacket, as often). FIRST EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND, LIMITED ISSUE, number 992 of 900 copies on japon vellum of a total edition of 1000. (For the first serialized edition, published in The Little Review, see lot 272). Slocum & Cahoon A23. 

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Autograph note signed ("J. J."), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d. [ca 1907 or later?].
    Nov. 06, 2019

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Autograph note signed ("J. J."), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d. [ca 1907 or later?].

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Autograph note signed ("J. J."), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., n.d. [ca 1907 or later?]. 1 page, visible area 2 x 2 1/2 in (50 x 65 mm), matted, framed, and glazed with a photographic portrait of Joyce (unexamined out of frame). "Best wishes from the four of us. My respects will follow, J. J." Presumably referring to the Joyce family -  himself, Nora Barnacle, and their children Lucia and Giorgio. 

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  • JOYCE JAMES : (1882-1941)
    Oct. 30, 2019

    JOYCE JAMES : (1882-1941)

    Est: €11,000 - €17,000

    JOYCE JAMES : (1882-1941) Irish Novelist and Poet. Widely regarded as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, and best known for his work Ulysses (1922). Very rare A.L.S., James Joyce, one page, small 8vo, Paris, 18th May 1926, to Miss Bollach. Joyce writes to Lily Bollach who worked with Joyce on some of his works, the present letter most probably referring to his manuscript of Work in Progress, which would be later re-named Finnegan Wake. Joyce in a permanent linguistic search states in part `..It is all my fault for copying out of an earlier version. I am sorry to have put you to unnecessary trouble.´ and further about corrections to add, saying `Please read «noblesse…» and later «during alleged recent act of our chief magistrates as required by statues». For Mockmacmahonson in the other place read «Mockmacmahovitch» and after the words.. The verse begin, correctly as you say «Day shirker»´ The 8vo opened letter being a Pneumatique letter, folded, hand-addressed by Joyce to the verso, also postmarked and post-stamped. Overall age wear. G £10000-15000 Finnegans Wake is a work of fiction by Joyce, his final work. Considered one of the most difficult works of fiction in the English language. Written in Paris over a period of seventeen years and published in 1939, only two years before Joyce´s death.

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  • James Joyce (British), 'Too Close To Home And Too Near The Bone'
    Oct. 02, 2019

    James Joyce (British), 'Too Close To Home And Too Near The Bone'

    Est: £300 - £500

    James Joyce (British) 'Too Close To Home And Too Near The Bone' 2018 Screenprint in colours on Somerset paper Signed and numbered form an edition of 36 in pencil 70 x 50cm ARR

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  • James Joyce (British), 'Free Time', 2008
    Oct. 01, 2019

    James Joyce (British), 'Free Time', 2008

    Est: £200 - £400

    James Joyce (British), 'Free Time', 2008, screen print on archival paper, signed and numbered from an edition of 25 in pencil; sheet: 84 x 59.5cm ARR

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  • Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [
    Jun. 25, 2019

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [

    Est: £300 - £500

    Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [1929]. Twelve-inch double-sided shellac 78rpm record, printed paper labels on each side, white paper sleeve (slight scratches on each side, two small tears in sleeve). FIRST PRESSING OF JOYCE''S ONLY RECORDING FROM FINNEGANS WAKE, recorded by C.K. Ogden (1889-1957), the inventor of Basic English. ''The best way to come to [Finnegans Wake] is through the "Anna Livia" recording and the "Tales Told of Shem and Shaun".'' (Connolly: The Modern Movement, 87) ''How beautiful the "Anna Livia" recording is, and how amusing Joyce''s rendering of an Irish washerwoman''s brogue!'' (Beach: Shakespeare and Company, 1956) The disc sold for two guineas and was subsequently issued by His Master''s Voice (Slocum and Cahoon, p. 17

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  • Joyce 1st U.K. Ed. Ulysses
    Jan. 26, 2019

    Joyce 1st U.K. Ed. Ulysses

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    Joyce, James (1882 - 1941). Ulysses. London: for the Egoist Press by John Rodker, 1922. 4to. 9 x 7 inches. First UK edition, printed in Paris; no. 386 of 2,000 limited copies printed on handmade paper. Uncut; missing front original blue wrappers, back wrapper present, detached, with loss; backstrip worn, chipped with some loss; half title page separated; numerous tears and small chips; publisher's errata, four unbound leaves, laid in. Preserved in a modern blue clam shell box. Using the same plates as the first edition, the Egoist Press edition is effectively a second printing done in association with John Rodker. Due the book's censuring in 1921, over 500 copies of this edition were allegedly seized and destroyed by officials on both sides of the Atlantic.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Th
    Dec. 04, 2018

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Th

    Est: $80,000 - $100,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. The frst edition in original wrappers, copy no. 112 of 150 copies, of one of the most formative novels of English-language modernism. This issue, printed on larger, heavier paper, is the hardest to fnd in such attractive condition. The complexities of its formal structure, its linguistic inventiveness and its imaginative cohesion of historical sources have made Ulysses the most diligently studied work of modern literature in English. Although the tumultuous publication nearly bankrupted Sylvia Beach, owner of Shakespeare & Co, her clever marketing won the day, with reviews of the novel’s salaciousness prompting an avalanche of orders. All three subscription tiers were sold out by August. Cyril Connolly, while criticizing Joyce’s “preference for language rather than people,” nevertheless could not reject the novel’s immense intellectual weight: “somehow it does achieve greatness like a ruined temple soaring from a jungle—and should be judged perhaps as a poem, a festival of the imagination.” This is copy no. 112 of 150 printed on verge d’Arches. The Modern Movement 42; Slocum & Cahoon A17. Quarto (264 x 204mm). Original “Greek fag” blue printed wrappers (minor wear to edges; some very neat expert restoration to the spine and extremities); in custom box with plexi window. Provenance: The Sunwise Turn, Inc (avant-garde bookshop co-founded by Madge Jenison and Mary Horgan Mowbray-Clarke; bookplate on colophon).

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dedalus, portrait de l'artiste jeune par lui-même
    Nov. 20, 2018

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dedalus, portrait de l'artiste jeune par lui-même

    Est: €3,000 - €5,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Dedalus, portrait de l'artiste jeune par lui-même. Traduit de l'anglais par Ludmila Savitzy. Paris : Editions de la Sirène, 1924. Première édition française, un des 25 exemplaires sur pur fl dans une reliure d'inspiration reptilienne de Leroux. In-4 (228 x 162 mm). Tirage de tête à 35 exemplaires sur pur fl, celui-ci numéroté J.J. 21. Reliure signée Georges Leroux, datée 1988 en veau velours gris clair à résille gris foncé, lettres de box vert mosaïquées au dos, doublures de nubuck émeraude, tranches dorées sur témoin, couverture conservée, chemise et étui.

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre,...
    May. 29, 2018

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre,...

    Est: €8,000 - €12,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysse. Paris : La Maison des amis du livre,...

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  • JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Haveth childers everywhere. Fragment from 'Work in...
    May. 29, 2018

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Haveth childers everywhere. Fragment from 'Work in...

    Est: €3,000 - €5,000

    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Haveth childers everywhere. Fragment from 'Work in...

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