Chamber Music

by James Joyce

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1918. Very Good. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. First Authorized American Edition. Small, slim octavo (18cm); publisher's brown paper-covered boards, upper cover printed in gilt, top edge gilt; [46]pp. Just a hint of shelf wear, ghost of a sticker to upper cover, hairline crack to front hinge, else a Very Good and sound example, much nice than often encountered. The first authorized American edition of Joyce's first book, a small collection of poetry originally published in London in 1907. An unauthorized edition appeared in the United States in June of 1918, published by the Cornhill Company in Boston. This edition appeared three months later, in September. Slocum A6.

• Publisher: B. W. Huebsch
• Year: 1918
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: unknown

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