James Joyce
180 copies for sale · $20–$125,000 · 58 first editions · 15 signed
Notable copies for sale
Finnegans Wake (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
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
The Cat and the Devil (first edition, signed, 1964) — Biblio$250
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
Ulysses James Joyce 1988 Signed by Robert Motherwell #27/40 with Extra Portfolio (signed, 1988) — Biblio$37,500
Epiphanies (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$8,000
The Collected Poems (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$950
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN - THE B.W. HUEBSCH FAMILY COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$32,500
What these are worth
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (first edition)4 copies from 3 sellers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (first edition, 1916)5 copies from 4 sellers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)4 copies from 4 sellers
Stephen Hero: A Part of The First Draft of A Portrait of the Artist…3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
ULYSSES31 copies · £35–£95,000
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN11 copies · $37–$48,000
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN; Easton Press7 copies · $273–$293
DUBLINERS4 copies · $37–$25,000
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man4 copies · $3,500–$20,000
FINNEGANS WAKE4 copies · A$35–A$3,500
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
Dubliners2 copies · $35–$25,000
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
Finnegans Wake With Corrections Of Misprints In Finnegans Wake2 copies · $1,400–$1,500
COLLECTED POEMS OF JAMES JOYCE2 copies · $975–$1,000
Haveth Childers Everywhere2 copies · $450–$800
Pomes Penyeach2 copies · $75–$400
Market context
138 copies of James Joyce's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $60 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Ulysses, ninth printing, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927. (forum, 2026-09-03)£130
Ulysses, first English edition, one of 2000 copies on handmade paper, modern cloth with or (forum, 2026-09-03)£2,000
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
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