Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. First Edition (1932)
Book ID: 64397
Price: €395.00
Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress. London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First Edition (trade issue). Pp, 45. Pale green boards, orange dust jacket printed in dark blue. Jacked chipped along top edge; heavy spotting to boards, content pages in nice bright condition.
Extract form ‘Finnegans Wake’ first published in Paris in a limited edition of 500 copies.
Inscribed on inner flap of jacket: ‘With Love and Best Wishes from Mainie’ – believed to be Mainie Jellet the Irish painter, who lived in Paris in the 1920’s.
[Slocum A37]
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