JOYCE, James (1882-1941). ["Anna Livia Plurabelle."] "Continuation of a Work in Progress." In: transition, No. 8, pp. 17-35. Paris: Shakespeare and Co., November 1927.

8vo. Original wrappers printed in red and blue (backed with papier du chine, repairs to spine and edges); cloth folding case.

Early appearance of "Anna Livia Plurabelle," a fragment from Finnegans Wake. Joyce began publishing excerpts from the Wake in April 1924 in Transatlantic Review. In 1927, Eugene Jolas, publisher of transition, befriended Joyce, and serially published revised fragments from Part I in his journal in April 1927. "In each case where transition duplicated a previous publication there was an extensive revision of the text; the text was usually revised again before final publication in Finnegans Wake" (Slocum & Cahoon p.101). By November of that year, chapters I.2-I.8 had all been published in transitions, in their correct sequence, under the title "Continuation of a Work in Progress." Joyce would go on to publish fragments from parts II and III in 1928 and 1929. Slocum & Cahoon C 70.8.

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio