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Chamber Music

James Joyce, 1907

    Price Realised USD 4,000
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    Chamber Music

    James Joyce, 1907

    Price Realised USD 4,000
    Price Realised USD 4,000
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    Chamber Music
    James Joyce, 1907
    JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Chamber Music. London: Elkin Mathews, 1907.

    A fine copy of the first edition of Joyce’s first published book, third binding variant. One of only 509 copies. Chamber Music, a collection of 36 poems, was published at the urging of Arthur Symons, who had been introduced to Joyce by Yeats in December 1902. Slocum & Cahoon A3.

    Octavo. Original green gilt-stamped cloth; publisher's glassine wrapper (a little minor creasing and a couple closed tears at edges); custom box.
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