A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce), Greymouth in Greymouth, West Coast for sale

The first English edition from sheets printed in England. This edition was preceded by an earlier English edition from American sheets [Reference: Slocum and Cahoon 13]. Copyright page has:"Copyright, 1916, By B. W. Huebsch, New York. First edition printed in the United States of America, 1916. Second Edition, 1917. Visiter Printing Works, Southport."Title page imprint:"The Egoist Ltd. 23 Adelphi Terrace House W. C. London". Original green cloth boards with gilt title on spine and blind-stamped title on front board. [vi], 299 pages. Page dimensions: 182 x 119mm. A 3 1/2"tear to cloth along lower part of front joint. Cloth frayed and torn along both ends of spine. A couple of<1/2"vertical tears to cloth at head of spine, with slight loss of cloth. A few marks to cloth. Corners bruised. No loss of cloth at corners of boards. Internally good. No signatures. Narrow split to gutter between the half-title and the title pages. No splitting to gutters at endpapers. ; 12mo 7"- 7½"tall
Author
James Joyce
Title
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Publisher name
The Egoist (1917), London
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1917
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d