James Joyce, Haveth Childers Everywhere, Fragment From Work In Progress by James Joyce, published by Henry Babou and Jack Kahane in Paris and at The Fountain Press in New York in 1930, and it was printed in France by Decrois Et Colas in Paris in 1930. This is a first edition, and the limitation page says “this volume constituting the only complete original edition of a Fragment of Work In Progress, composed by hand in freshly cast Elzevir Corps16, comprises: 100 copies on Imperial hand-made iridescent Japan, signed by the writer Nos 1 to 100; 500 copies on hand-made pure linen Vidalon Royal (specially manufactured for this edition) Nos 101 to 600; half of each category being for the United States of America.” There were also printed 10 copies called Writer’s Copies on Imperial hand-made iridescent Japan, Nos I to X and 75 copies called Writer’s Copies on pure linen hand-made Vidalon Royal, Nos XI to LXXXV.
So it is not signed, but one of 500 first editions of the only complete original edition on handmade pure linen vidalon royal, specially made for this edition. This is copy No. 204 of 500 first editions, with blank endpapers, in the original glassine dust jacket, with a green slipcase; the book is 73 pages long, 4 to. and measures 11 x 7 1/2 in. wide, the binding is tight and secure and the pages and text are very clean, and the glassine dust jacket is in great condition as well, with modest wear on the slipcase.
James Joyce (1882- 1941) was an Irish writer, poet, and literary critic who is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century, and his fragment Havers Childers Everywhere ultimately became part of Finnegans Wake, which was written by Joyce in Paris over a period of seventeen years and published in 1939; Finnegans Wake was also Joyce's final work. It blended standard English with portmanteau words, Irish mannerisms and puns in multiple languages, and a stream of consciousness writing style, all to unique effect, and it is a difficult text to read. Faber and Faber published a book edition of Haveth Childers Everywhere in 1931.