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Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922 First edition. Limited to 1000 copies. The 1000 copies were divided into three limitations: 100 copies (nos. 1-100) printed on Dutch paper and signed by Joyce; 150 copies (nos. 101-250) printed on Vergé d'Arches paper; and the final 750 copies (nos. 251-1000) printed on linen paper, of which this is number 349. Original publisher's teal paper wrappers, lettered in white. Light rubbing to wrapper edges, wear to spine with a small chip below first spine band and some loss to lower spine, very mild crease to first several leaves, front wrapper joint tender but holding. Housed in custom slipcase with folding chemise, slipcase with some wear. Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses, was first published serially in The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, at which time copies of the magazine were seized and the magazine's publishers were taken to trial due to the sexually explicit nature of the novel. Because of the controversy surrounding…
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James
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Umpire Bill Evans Simplified Baseball Rule Book and Plays That Puzzle
by Evans, Billy
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[No place]: The Evening Herald, 1922 First edition. Publishers off-white stapled wrappers printed in navy, The Evening Herald advertisement to rear wrapper. About fine, with a tiny crease to lower right corner of front wrapper and previous owners name written lightly in red pencil at top of front wrapper. Overall, an excellent and fresh copy. In this booklet, Billy Evans outlines the rules of the game, addressing such issues as Dropped Third Strike, Passing a Preceding Runner, and Plays Requiring Appeal. Additionally, theres a Q&A formatted Plays that Puzzle section at the back. Billy Evans umpired in the American League from 1906 to 1927 during the Deadball Era. While renowned for his fairness and ability to bear no malice, he famously got in a fist fight with Ty Cobb under the stands in a 1921 game. Off the field, Evans wrote newspaper columns and authored an important umpiring manual titled Umpiring From the…
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Under Western Eyes
by Conrad, Joseph
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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1911 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth, front board and spine stamped in gilt; original orange dust jacket, printed in black, with "How to open a book" notice to front flap and advertisement for The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Beach to rear flap. Near fine book, with a hint of rubbing to spine ends, a touch of soiling to bottom of front board, a few small spots of soiling to front endpapers, contemporary inscription to front free endpaper, a small spot of soiling to fore edge of text block, and light offsetting to pp. 100-101; with parts of the original dust jacket, including entire rear panel and rear flap, three-fourths of spine (upper portion, with title, missing), one-third of front panel (bottom left portion), with front flap detached but present: parts of dust jacket that are present have just a few small closed tears. Overall, a lovely copy, with a sizable portion of the exceedingly scarce original dust jacket.…
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