STEPHEN HERO: A Part of the First Draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/Edited From the Manuscript in the Harvard College Library
by Joyce, James/Spencer, Theodore (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York City, NY: A New Directions Book (1944) 234 pp. Original green paper covered boards w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Top edges of covers darkened. Other edges a bit sunned. Leaves lightly age toned. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900
- Title
- STEPHEN HERO: A Part of the First Draft of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man/Edited From the Manuscript in the Harvard College Library
- Author
- Joyce, James/Spencer, Theodore (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A New Directions Book
- Place of Publication
- New York City, NY
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL AUTHORS JOYCE JAMES 1882 1941 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER STEPHEN HERO DEDALUS MANUSCRIPT HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY LITERARY WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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