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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun by James Joyce. Black Sun Press (Paris: 1929). Copy No. 494 of 500 numbered copies. A fine volume in a Very Good original slipcase.
Printed in letterpress in red and black on cream-white, Holland Van Gelder Zonen laid paper. Text hand-set in the Caslon typeface. Foolscap quarto, 21 x 16.5 cm., top edge trimmed. White paper covers with folding top and side flaps. Presented in the original gold foil-covered slipcase [alternate slipcases incorporating green and red suede paper were also used]. With a Preface by C.K. Ogden, and a portrait of the author by Constantin Brâncuși printed in photogravure with tissue overlay. A Fine, clean and tight volume, in a (later) protective wrapper, housed in a very good, original gold foil-covered slipcase. Minor discoloration to extreme head and tail of cover (as shown in photos). Slipcase base is slightly unhinged at fore-edge; top edge shows a 2cm cello tape repair (as shown in photos). Tales Told of Shem and Shaun was the second… Read More

New York: Walter V. McKee, 1929. First edition, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm). xii, 356pp. Bound in black cloth and decorative boards with a design by Albert Schiller, spine stamped in red, issued with a dust-jacket designed by Irving Politzer. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good+, unclipped dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear and soiling to extremities; shallow chipping to head and tail of wrapper.
This historically significant anthology gathers experimental works from the first thirteen issues of "transition" magazine, one of the most influential little magazines of the 1920s. Founded by Eugene Jolas, Maria Jolas, and Elliott Paul, "transition" advocated the "metamorphosis of reality" through artistic expression and provided a platform for a new internationalist modernism. Included here as "A Muster from 'Work in Progress'," are seven excerpts of drafts for James Joyce's yet unnamed "Finnegans Wake" (textual excerpts which were revised for this printing and again for publication in 1939).