The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909

by (JOYCE, James)

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

Dublin / London: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1909. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, an unrecorded thick-paper issue (the sheets bulk approximately 1 7/16 inches]. Edited by John Cooke. Octavo. 804pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Contains three poems by James Joyce (*Slocum and Cahoon* B3]. This issue, printed on heavy stock paper, is an unrecorded variant, not cited by Slocum, with the following differences from Slocum: sheets bulk 1 7/16 inches (instead of 1 9/32 inches), top edge gilt (instead of all edges gilt), lower spine has publisher's name in two lines (instead of the three lines as cited in Slocum). Bookplate on front pastedown, front cover has slight wear at tip of one corner, spine gilt a bit rubbed and dull, owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else a bright and near fine copy.

• Publisher: Hodges, Figgis & Co., Ltd./ Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press
• Year: 1909
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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