JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake . London: Faber & Faber, New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake . London: Faber & Faber, New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Large 8 o . Original orange-red buckram, top edges gilt, others uncut; slipcase (some slight wear). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 272 of 425 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. "In his earlier books Joyce forced modern literature to accept new styles, new subject matter, new kinds of plot and characterization. In his last book he forced it to accept a new area of being and a new language. What is ultimately most impressive is the sureness with which, in the midst of such technical accomplishments, he achieved his special mixture of attachment and detachment, of gaiety and lugubriousness. He was no saturnine artificer contriving devices, but one of life's celebrants, in bad circumstances cracking good jokes, foisting upon ennuis and miseries his comic vision" (Ellmann James Joyce , p.717). Connolly The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49. A FINE COPY.
JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake . London: Faber & Faber, New York: The Viking Press, 1939.
JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake . London: Faber & Faber, New York: The Viking Press, 1939. Large 8 o . Original orange-red buckram, top edges gilt, others uncut; slipcase (some slight wear). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 272 of 425 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE. "In his earlier books Joyce forced modern literature to accept new styles, new subject matter, new kinds of plot and characterization. In his last book he forced it to accept a new area of being and a new language. What is ultimately most impressive is the sureness with which, in the midst of such technical accomplishments, he achieved his special mixture of attachment and detachment, of gaiety and lugubriousness. He was no saturnine artificer contriving devices, but one of life's celebrants, in bad circumstances cracking good jokes, foisting upon ennuis and miseries his comic vision" (Ellmann James Joyce , p.717). Connolly The Modern Movement 87; Slocum & Cahoon A49. A FINE COPY.
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