Transition Stories Twenty Three Selected Edited by Jolas Eugene Robert Sage (1 results)

First Edition. Octavo. 354 pages. Boldly signed by William Closson Emory on p. 49, dated January 1929. The close friendship between Jolas and James Joyce led Joyce to write a dedication to him just when he later wrote A Homage to James Joyce. Also in this volume is Kafka's "The Sentence " and Gertrude Stein's "As a wife has a cow: a love story". Bound in 1/4 black cloth over decorative paper covered boards designed by Albert Schiller with special permission,light toning to board edges, corners somewhat worn, a bit of fading spine, in unclipped dust jacket missing portions of the spine (head and foot), short edge tears front and rear panells, wear to corners, light toning to page edges. A very good copy.