STEPHEN HERO
by James Joyce - First Revised Edition
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Jonathan Cape London, 1956 THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE EDITION. First Revised Edition Thus, 1956. This followed the 4th Impression of the first edition 1944. Edited with an Introduction by Theodore Spencer, and with CRITICALLY important additional material. The Foreword is by John J. Slocum and Herbert Cahoon, who were Joyce's bibliographers. This has not been rescued from a library, so there are no marks in the text block. The clean and tight binding is in green cloth covered boards. The superb illustration on the jacket's cover is by ROBIN JACQUES. The inside flap of the jacket's dustwrapper is price clipped. No former owner marks.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- the booksniffer (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1538232765933
- Title
- STEPHEN HERO
- Author
- James Joyce - First Revised Edition
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape London
- Date Published
- 1956
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