Pomes Penyeach
by JOYCE, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, 1933. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine. First issued in this edition in March 1933 by Faber and Faber. (First published, July 1927 by Shakespeare & Co., Paris.) First English edition, first impression. Previous ownership name to front free endpaper, otherwise VG in original pale green wrappers, a little lightened to the spine and edges.Faber and Faber, 1933
Synopsis
Pomes Penyeach is a collection of thirteen short poems. It was written over a twenty-year period from 1904 to 1924 by the novelist James Joyce and originally published on 7 July 1927 by Shakespeare and Co. for the price of one shilling (twelve pennies) or twelve francs. The title is a play on "poems" and “pommes” (the French word for apples) which are here offered at “a penny each” in either currency.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roy Turner Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 776
- Title
- Pomes Penyeach
- Author
- JOYCE, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover/Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Date Published
- 1933
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Roy Turner Books
Biblio member since 2017
Stockport, Cheshire
About Roy Turner Books
With more than thirty years' experience of collecting literary first editions, I specialise in the areas of both contemporary and earlier fiction, poetry, drama and children's books with particular emphases on signed modern firsts, authors' first and early published books, American and Irish literature and literary prize-winning writers.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
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