James Joyce Plain Reader by Duff Charles (24 results)

HARDCOVER. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Large 12mo in dust jacket; hardcover; 77 pp; green cloth boards; tight binding; interior clean; deckled fore-edge; endpapers moderately foxed; Good. Dust jacket not price-clipped; toned to spine and edges; Good. .

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 75pp. With a prefatory letter by Herbert Read, Prof. of Fine Art, Univ. of Edinburgh. "Dedicated without malice to The Plain Reader." Embossed stamp of the Univ. of Conn. on the title page. Scrap of removed paper on fep. (Loc x153/1).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is a Very Good Copy of this hardcover book in green cloth with orange title lettering to spine.No dust-jacket.Clean copy internally.This copy was acquired from the impressive private library of Film Director Roy Ward Baker and bears his name to the front endpaper.The book has also been SIGNED by Charles Duff on the Title page.Baker started in the film industry as a gofar boy,but worked his way up to the level of as assistant director on Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938).He served in the Army during World War II, transferring to the Army Kinematograph Unit in 1943. One of his superiors at the time was novelist Eric Ambler who insisted on Baker being given his first big break directing The October Man, from an Ambler screenplay, in 1947.Ambler also adapted Walter Lord's A Night to Remember for Baker's 1958 screen version.His next two films, The Weaker Sex and Paper Orchid (1949) were popular but overshadowed by the success of Morning Departure (1950), also featuring John Mills.Baker worked for three years at Fox where he directed Marilyn Monroe in Don't Bother to Knock 1952. He returned to the UK in 1953 and continued to work on films.He worked for television during the 1960s. He directed episodes of The Avengers, The Saint, The Persuaders and Minder.8vo 75pp First Edition 1st Impression 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall Size: 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall. Signed by Author(s).

Leinen. Condition: Gut. 75 S., 20 cm With a prefatory Letter by Herbert Read (Pofessor of Fine Art of Edinburgh) / Lese- & Alterunsspuren. Ohne Schutzumschlag. Schnitt uneben. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar. (Lit.Wiss.) Lit.Wiss. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 230.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. Uncertain. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., darkened dj spine has a chip at each end with the rest held in place by the mylar cover. pages are slightly and uniformly darker. clean. no markings, flap price intact. strong binding.; 75pp. line drawing portrait of joyce on the dj by dsmond harmsworth. letter as preface by herbert read. book seems to say first published, though dj flap says second edition.; the author seeks to open a door to joyce for readers who may be skeptical as awareness of joyce was growing. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1932. Green cloth sunned, particularly to the spine. Pages slightly foxed at the edges, otherwise clean & tight. With a prefatory letter by Herbert Read. 75 pages.

Joyce, James 1st. ed. Reprint of the 1932 edition. new. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

75, (1) S. Orig.-Leinen. Mit Bibliographie.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. HARMSWORTH Desmond (illustrator). 1st Edition. 75pp. Green cloth boards with orange titles to spine in protecte unclipped dustwrapper. Uncut paper. No inscriptions. Wrapper worn and fragile with losses. Textblock clean bright and tight. A pleasing copy.

1st edition. 8vo. 75pp. Pages slightly browned with some occasional light pencil marks to margins, blind ownership stamp to front f.e.p. Original green cloth, spine lettered in yellow, cloth slightly darkened to spine and edges of boards. US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. With a Prefatory Letter by Herbert Read. Errata tipped-in. One corner bumped, very good without dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Crown8vo, 75 p. Original green cloth, lettered yellow. Backstrip slightly faded otherwise a near fine copy with the pictorial upper panel of the d/j loosely inserted. First edition. Light book. Postage will be reduced on processing the order.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition (in second edition dust jacket). Contemporary owner name on front fly, slight toning at the spine ends, near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears, and a toned spine. Errata slip laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A fine copy with errata slip tipped to the dedication page, in a slightly spine sunned & chipped dust wrapper. I prefer to be paid via PayPal, username Michael Grano Thank you.

Condition: Very Good. 1969. Hardback. Fine in fine cloth covers. No dust wrapper, as issued. . . . .

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. Ex-library book, usual markings. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. First edition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Special Edition. Book Condition ? Very Good: Some discolouration to the original cloth binding, though binding is well in tact and free of blemishes, tears etc, and lettering along the spine is crisp and legible. Good text block and page edges. Pages throughout remain tightly bound, clean and tidy, never thumbed or opened. A First Edition Review copy. Rubber stamped on the title page. Valued by collectors as an early and influential attempt to make Joyce accessible, and as a period piece reflecting mid-twentieth-century responses to modernism. James Joyce and the Plain Reader by Charles Duff is a clear, approachable guide designed to demystify Joyce's complex and often intimidating work. With wit and practical explanation, Duff breaks down Joyce's style, themes, and techniques, helping general readers engage more confidently with novels like Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.

Condition: Very Good. 1969. Hardback. Fine in fine cloth covers. No dust wrapper, as issued. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HARMSWORTH. With a Prefatory Letter by Herbert Read. Green cloth covers. Corners slightly bumped, spine sunned, otherwise VG. 8vo. 75pp incl 3pp Appendix.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 75pp. Prefatory letter by Herbert Read. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small tear on the rear spine fold.

Condition: Very Good. Desmond Harmsworth,First Ed 1932,Green cloth boards.hand written appendix2at back of book,with addition to first appendix.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. blue cloth, silver lettering, no dust jacket, 75 pp covers are lightly worn Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

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75 S. 8°, Orig.-Leinenbd. Erstausgabe mit handschriftl. Widmung von Charles Duff ohne Schutzumschlag. - Der irische Journalist und Schriftsteller verfasste diese erste allgemeinverständliche Einführung, um dem ?einfachen Leser? (plain reader) die Angst vor der Komplexität des Ulysses und des damals entstehenden Work in Progress (später Finnegans Wake) zu nehmen. - Rücken geblichen, Kanten leicht berieben, sonst guter Zustand. 400 gr.