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James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun: Fragments from Work in Progress. Faber and Faber, 1932.

Price: US$79.51 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1932. First Edition. 45 pages. No dust jacket. Blue paper covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front pastedown. Small bookshop label to rear pastedown. Cover has mild shelf wear with some bumping and tearing of paper to corners and rubbing to spine ends. Section of paper missing from lower spine. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine.

Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom

JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments From Work In Progress. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Price: US$123.46 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments From Work In Progress London, Faber & Faber, 1932. FIRST EDITION. 45 pp., light green paper over boards, spine a little damaged with paper removed. Lacking dust jacket. Address stamped in red on endpapers and throughout, annotations in red and blue pencil. Pencil autograph: John B[ ]? / (from Una Pope-Hennessy / Xmas 1933) . Age yellowing. A fair copy, once belonged to British writer, historian, and biographer Una Pope-Hennessy. She was the daughter of Sir Arthur Birch, and married Major (later Major-General) Richard Pope-Hennessy in 1910.

Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Joyce, James.. Two tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from work in progress.. London, Faber & Faber, ( ], 1932.

Price: US$133.65 + shipping

Description: London, Faber & Faber, ( 1932]. 45 S. 19 cm. OPp. (ohne SU). Erste in Großbritannien erschienene Ausgabe. - Vorab erschienener Auszug aus "Finnegan's Wake" (1939). - 1. The Mookse and the Gripes. - 2. The Ondt and the Gracehoper. - James Joyce (1882-1941). - Einband teils lichtspurig, Vorsätze gebräunt.

Seller: Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel, Hamburg, Germany

JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First English edition. 12mo. 45pp. Paper-covered boards. Covers are moderately soiled and faded, a very good copy. *Slocum & Cahoon* A37.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun : Fragments from Work in Progress. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$155.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Bright orange dust-jacket with blue lettering, faded alog the spine, some wear to edges, small loss at spine head and a small piece also near the spine foot, price clipped, now in clear protective sleeve. Book bound in pale blue/green paper covered boards with title in blue along the spine, clean and bright, a forward roll to spine. Hinge and text block firm, no markings or inscriptions. Pages smooth and clean, a little browned to front end papers, and top corner of the front free end paper has been folded back because a production fault has not squared it (see picture). A very sound and tidy copy.

Seller: David's Bookshop, Letchworth BA, Letchworth Garden City, HERTS, United Kingdom

Joyce, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments From Work in Progress [i.e. Finnegans Wake]. Faber and Faber,, 1932.

Price: US$167.06 + shipping

Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1932, Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare (non presente la sovracoperta). Due brevi racconti di Joyce, «The Mookse and the Gripes» e «The Ondt and the Gracehoper», poi confluiti in «Finnegan’s Wake». Slocum & Cahoon, Joyce Bibliography, A37 in 16°, cartonato editoriale, pp. 45 [3]. Prima edizione. Ottimo esemplare (non presente la sovracoperta).

Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy

Joyce, James. Two Tales Of Shem And Shaun; Fragments from a Work In Progress. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Slender hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 45 pp. First trade edition. Mild soiling to boards. A handsome very good copy in about very good price-intact dustwrapper. Wrapper suffers from edge chipping, particularly at the spine crown.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress. , 1932.

Price: US$192.50 + shipping

Description: JOYCE, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress. Orig. pale green boards, dust jacket. London: Faber & Faber, [1932]. First English edition, preceded by the limited edition. Slocum & Cahoon 37. A near fine copy.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.

JOYCE James. TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUM Fragments From Work in Progress. Faber and Faber, London ,, 1932.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Description: Hb in original bright orange dustwrapper (Not price clipped) 45pp few pencil markings to text , Sunned and lightly chipped spine with minor loss o/w A Vg/Vg copy of The Original 1st Edition

Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom

James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Copy In Very Bright Very Good Plus Jacket.First Edition (1932). Fresh Copy With a Tiny Bit of Chipping.

Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.

Joyce, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Price: US$227.42 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: Faber & Faber (1932). 8vo., mint cloth boards, decorated with blue lettering to the spine, with the original dust jacket; pp. 45 +[3]; A very good copy. The jacket hasn't been price clipped and is without loss. It has a tear to the bottom edge of the back panel and two short tears to the bottom edge of the front panel. There is minor wear to the spine ends. The upper board has a smattering of foxing marks. The spine ends have some light wear.  The first UK edition of Joyce's two short tales that would go on to make an appearance in Finnegans Wake in 1939. [Slocum & Cahoon A37] 

Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom

Joyce, James. Two Tales Of Shem And Shaun - Fragments From Work In Progress. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Price: US$240.42 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Boards, dj, VG/G+. 45pp, spine of the dustjacket a little rubbed & with a slight amount of loss at the head ( loss of the letter T from Two ) & tail, small snag to the top of the spine of the book, slightly worn along the edges, otherwise a nice copy. Contains 2 short works - 'The Mookes and the Gripes' and 'The Ondt and the Grasshopper', which had originally been published in France in 1929 by the Black Sun Press in an edition of 600 copies. The 'work in progress' was Finnegan's Wake. 175 grams.

Seller: Eastleach Books, Newbury, BER, United Kingdom

Joyce, James.. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber and Faber Ltd., 1932.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: FIRST BRITISH EDITION. London: Faber & Faber, 1932. Green boards with blue lettering, in Very Good dust jacket. CLean pages. A small closed tear in front panel of jacket, unclipped. A nice copy.

Seller: Singing Saw Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Joyce, James.. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun.. Lon. Faber and Faber. 1932., 1932.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Only 3,849 copies of the first edition sold. VG-/G+ in pale green paper-covered boards stamped in bright blue on the spine. With 1/4" chip at top of spine of jacket and book. In orange dustjacket printed in blue with original price "2s.6d. net" on bottom of inside front flap. With 1/4" of tape residue at either side of the top of the d/w spine. First Edition.

Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.

James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, Fragments from Work in Progress,. Faber & Faber, London UK, 1932.

Price: US$376.87 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two Tales of Shem and Shaun, Fragments from Work in Progress,  by James Joyce. Faber & Faber, London 1932. A very good hard back copy of scarce work containing The Mookes and the Gripes and The Ondt and the Grasshopper. Complete with unclipped dust jacket. Pale hard boards with blue lettering on the spine. Minor edge wear with and discolouring to the board edges. Clean end papers and contents with very a few spots on page 29 - 32. Bright orange dust jacket with blue lettering marked 2s 6d net. light rubbing on the upper cover. Spine folds are worn. Ends of the spine and folds are chipped. 12 x 19 cm Octavo 45 pp.

Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom

Joyce, James. TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUN. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First UK edition of this pair of pieces that partly form the enormous puzzle that is FINNEGANS WAKE, in lovely condition. Subtitled "Fragments from WORK IN PROGRESS," TWO TALES OF SHEM AND SHAUN would later be included in parts I and III of FINNEGAN'S WAKE as symbolic of the sons of HCE. They were first published in 1929 in Paris at the Black Sun Press in an edition of 600 copies, and were quite obscure until the present Faber and Faber edition. A beautiful copy of an important stepping stone on the way to Joyce's final book. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Original mint green boards. Original unclipped (2s. 6d.) orange dust jacket. 46 pages. Ownership stamp of B. Naumburg to front flyleaf. Jacket with mild edgewear, small closed tear near middle of spine. Binding with a touch of edgewear. Tight. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Joyce, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun; Fragments from Work in Progress. Faber & Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: Small 8vo, 45pp; pale green boards. First generally available edition of this selection from Finnegans Wake, including "Mookse and the Gripes" and "The Ondt and the Gracehoper," originally published in a limited Paris edition by Black Sun Press. Slocum & Cahoon A37. Characteristic marking to boards; minor thumb-dent affecting first few leaves, bright copy in a slightly rubbed dust jacket with a bit of wear toward the crown.

Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Joyce, James. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber & Faber, 1932.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 1932 Faber & Faber Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression. Near fine clean tight binding in very good+ unclipped dustjacket. Wonderful 30's Faber jacket design as shown.

Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$474.33 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The first trade edition of these two short tales from James Joyce, works that would eventually appear in Joyce's 1939 novel, 'Finnegans Wake'. The first trade edition of this work, first impression. This was also the first UK edition of this work, following a limited run of numbered privately printed copies produced in Paris in 1929. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Containing two short stories from the Irish modernist, 'The Ondt and the Gracehoper' and 'The Mookse and the Gripes', unfinished works that would eventually become incorporated into 'Finnegans Wake', a work that was gradually written over the course of seventeen years, and is here referred to only as a 'work in progress'.Initial reaction to Finnegans Wake, following its final publication as a complete work in 1939 was largely negative, ranging from bafflement at its radical reworking of the English language to open hostility towards its lack of respect for the conventions of the genre.With a former owner's inscription, dated 1942, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Minor bump to spine head, with small area of discolouration to head of front board. Inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper back strip a touch age toned, with small loss to back strip head, and significant closed tear to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

James Joyce. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Faber and Faber, London, 1932.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. Original pale blue cloth near fine in a good orange and blue dj first edition first issue with a strange prior owner's bookplate possibly an Occult follower once sought wisdom in Joyce?

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

JOYCE, James.. Two Tales of Shem and Shaun. Fragments from Work in Progress.. London, Faber and Faber, 1932., 1932.

Price: US$651.53 + shipping

Description: London, Faber and Faber, 1932. 45 Seiten, 2 Blatt. OPappband mit OUmschlag. (Randfehlstelle). Original wrappers with dust jacket. Dust jacket near fine with minor loss. Erste Buchhandelsausgabe. - Die beiden experimentellen Erzählungen aus "Finnegans Wake" waren zuvor in einem Privatdruck in 500 Exemplaren erschienen, dieser ist jedoch heute praktisch nicht mehr auffindbar. - Vgl. KNLL VIII, 911. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***

Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria