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First edition. 8vo. 45pp. Near fine in unclipt chipped very good dustwrapper in protective film cover. Seller Inventory # 19326
Title: Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from ...
Publisher: London: Faber and Faber
Publication Date: 1932
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Faber and Faber London 1932 First Edition G (worn, spine missing, boards marked, edges sl foxed, bookseller stamp on front pastedown) lacks dw. Seller Inventory # 004316
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Rotes Antiquariat, Berlin, Germany
45 S. 8°, Orig.-Pappbd. mit -Schutzumschlag. Englische Erstausgabe, die zeitgleich mit der amerikanischen Erstausgabe bei Viking Press New York erschienen ist. Der Text selber ist ein faszinierendes Teilstück aus der Entstehungsgeschichte von Finnegans Wake und enthält zwei Fragmente aus dem damals noch unvollendeten Werk: (The Mookse and the Gripes (aus Buch I, Kapitel 6) und The Ondt and the Gracehoper (aus Buch III, Kapitel 1) ? Schutzumschlag angeschmutzt und mit Fehlstellen am Rand, Einband am Rücken leicht bestoßen, Vorsatz mit Schriftzug, sonst guter Zustand. 400 gr. Seller Inventory # KNE45447
Seller: Studio bibliografico Faita, Masciago Primo, VA, Italy
12,5 x 19 cm. Pagg. 45 Prima edizione pubblicata in Inghilterra. Contiene i due racconti: The Mookse and the Gripes - The Ondt and the Gracehoper, "reprinted from the limited edition of Mr. Joyce's Tales of Shem and Shaun, originally published in Paris (1929)". Esempl. molto ben conservato. Buono stato di conservazione, piccolissimo segno al dorso inferiore Legatura editoriale in tela piena con copertina rigida senza sovraccoperta, con titoli in blu al dorso. Seller Inventory # 3981
Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments From Work In Progress London, Faber & Faber, 1932. FIRST EDITION. 45 pp., light green paper over boards, spine a little damaged with paper removed. Lacking dust jacket. Address stamped in red on endpapers and throughout, annotations in red and blue pencil. Pencil autograph: John B[]? / (from Una Pope-Hennessy / Xmas 1933) . Age yellowing. A fair copy, once belonged to British writer, historian, and biographer Una Pope-Hennessy. She was the daughter of Sir Arthur Birch, and married Major (later Major-General) Richard Pope-Hennessy in 1910. Seller Inventory # ABE-1558361237499
Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany
London, Faber & Faber, ( 1932]. 45 S. 19 cm. OPp. (ohne SU). Erste in Großbritannien erschienene Ausgabe. - Vorab erschienener Auszug aus "Finnegan's Wake" (1939). - 1. The Mookse and the Gripes. - 2. The Ondt and the Gracehoper. - James Joyce (1882-1941). - Einband teils lichtspurig, Vorsätze gebräunt. Seller Inventory # 96012
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Only 3,849 copies of the first edition sold. Very good in pale green paper-covered boards stamped in bright blue on the spine. With 1/4" chip at top of spine of jacket and book. In an orange dust jacket printed in blue with original price "2s.6d. net" on bottom of inside front flap. With 1/4" of tape residue at either side of the top of the d/w spine. Wear along the spine fold. First Edition. The first trade edition of these two short tales from James Joyce, works that would eventually appear in Joyce's 1939 novel, 'Finnegans Wake'. First Edition. With "First Published in December, 1932" on the copyright page. Seller Inventory # 2026
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First English edition. 12mo. 45pp. Paper-covered boards. Covers are moderately soiled and faded, a very good copy. *Slocum & Cahoon* A37. Seller Inventory # 512072
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress. Orig. pale green boards, dust jacket. London: Faber & Faber, [1932]. First English edition, preceded by the limited edition. Slocum & Cahoon 37. A near fine copy. Seller Inventory # 24769
Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First English Edition; First Printing. Very good+ book with sunned spine and small stains on the front edges and board, owner's name and date (1934) inked on the ffep. The very good price-clipped dust jacket has a 3/4" chip affecting the word "Two" on the sunned spine, front and back are quite bright though they show light wear at edges and light stains.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 34298
Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. 1st UK edition. Boards, dj, VG/G+. 45pp, spine of the dustjacket a little rubbed & with a slight amount of loss at the head ( loss of the letter T from Two ) & tail, small snag to the top of the spine of the book, slightly worn along the edges, otherwise a nice copy. Contains 2 short works - 'The Mookes and the Gripes' and 'The Ondt and the Grasshopper', which had originally been published in France in 1929 by the Black Sun Press in an edition of 600 copies. The 'work in progress' was Finnegan's Wake. 175 grams. Seller Inventory # 57457
Quantity: 1 available