Lot 284
Joyce, James
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The mime of Mick Nick and the Maggies. A fragment from work in progress. The Hague: The Service Press, 1934. First edition, 8vo, number 62 of 1000 copies on Old Antique Dutch paper, initial letter, tailpiece and cover designed by author's daughter Lucia Joyce, title in red and black, original stiff cream-white covers printed in blue, original cellophane protective wrapper, brown Gotham Book Mart slipcase (see below), covers and endpapers slightly foxed, slipcase chipped missing piece from spine
Footnote
Note: Slocum & Cahoon 43. This copy was issued under the first of the four imprints described by Slocum & Cahoon, although the slipcase conforms to the Gotham Book Mart (New York) issue, in plain rough brown cardboard.