Lot 111
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, The Egoist Ltd., [1917]
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription "E.L. The Queens' Col. 9.vii.xvii" to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, small splash-marks to fore-edge, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends a little chipped, light spotting to upper cover, splitting to lower joint, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, The Egoist Ltd., [1917].
⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with the sheets from the American first edition after English printers refused to incur the risk of printing.
Description
Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription "E.L. The Queens' Col. 9.vii.xvii" to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, small splash-marks to fore-edge, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends a little chipped, light spotting to upper cover, splitting to lower joint, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, The Egoist Ltd., [1917].
⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with the sheets from the American first edition after English printers refused to incur the risk of printing.