Anna Livia Plurabelle.
£3,750 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books
one of 800 copies - signed by the author The text of Anna Livia Plurabelle later became chapter eight in Finnegans Wake, and introduced Joyce readers to the character that fellow Irish author Edna O'Brien was to describe as 'the most accessible and indeed beloved character conceived by Joyce'. First edition, first printing, number 349 of 800 copies, signed by the author; device to title, bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; publisher's brown cloth, blind-tooled borders, gilt device to upper cover, gilt spine, minor rubbing to spine ends, fore-corners slightly bumped, top edge gilt, others uncut. Slocum Cahoon A32.
- Printing: first
- Binding: Hardcover
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