James Joyce
180 copies for sale · $20–$125,000 · 42 first editions · 12 signed
Notable copies for sale
Haveth Childers Everywhere (first edition, signed) — Bauman Rare Books$17,500
Anna Livia Plurabelle (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
DEDALUS. PORTRAIT DE L'ARTISTE JEUNE PAR LUI-MÊME (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$9,500
The Mime Of Mick Nick And The Maggies A Fragment From Work In Progress (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$2,000
Finnegans Wake (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
Ulysses 1st Edition (first edition, 1922) — Biblio$20,000
Haveth Childers Everywhere Fragment From Work In Progress (first edition, signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$12,500
Pomes Penyeach (first edition, 1927) — Biblio$250
Ulysses James Joyce 1988 Signed by Robert Motherwell #27/40 with Extra Portfolio (signed, 1988) — Biblio$37,500
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - THE B.W. HUEBSCH FAMILY COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$32,500
Dubliners. (first edition) — Biblio$27,240
Exiles. A Play in Three Acts (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$4,500
Works on the market
ULYSSES27 copies · £35–£95,000
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN12 copies · $40–$48,000
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN; Easton Press7 copies · $273–$293
FINNEGANS WAKE5 copies · A$35–A$3,500
DUBLINERS4 copies · $37–$25,000
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man3 copies · $3,500–$4,500
Ulysses3 copies · $450–$2,200
ULYSSES; Modern Library3 copies · $83–$123
ULYSSES; Modern Library No G523 copies · $73–$108
THE PORTABLE JAMES JOYCE3 copies · $39–$73
Ulysses2 copies · $3,500–$17,500
Pomes Penyeach2 copies · $850–$15,000
Haveth Childers Everywhere Fragment From Work In Progress2 copies · $1,000–$12,500
Finnegans Wake2 copies · $2,500–$8,500
COLLECTED POEMS OF JAMES JOYCE2 copies · $975–$1,000
Pomes Penyeach2 copies · $75–$400
STEPHEN HERO; A Part of the First Draft of a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man2 copies · $200–$248
ULYSSES By James Joyce & Morris L. Ernst - Hardcover **Mint Condition**2 copies · $41–$47
Market context
96 copies of James Joyce's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $73 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Ulysses. A Critical and Synoptic Edition. Prepared by Hans Walter Gabler, 3 vol., first Ga (forum, 2026-07-23)£440
Finnegans Wake, first edition, 1939 (forum, 2026-07-23)£360
[Maugham (William Somerset) & Laurence Housman] The Venture: An Annual of Art and (forum, 2026-07-02)£300
Finnegans Wake, 1st edition, 1939 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£400
Dubliners, 1st US edition, 2nd printing, 1917 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£360
Autograph postcard signed to Sean O'Casey, 34 rue des Vignes, Paris, [n.d. postmark 26 May (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£9,500
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