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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Finnegans Wake. London: Faber & Faber, 1939. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth with spine lettered in gilt; original unclipped dust jacket (tears and missing sections at extremities, archival tape repairs to verso). Includes Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake pamphlet, prepared by James Joyce shortly after the book’s publication (printed 1945). Provenance: Kenneth Muir (inscription). FIRST TRADE EDITION OF WHICH ONLY 2,255 COPIES WERE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC. A rare edition of Joyce’s final work, scarce in dust jacket. Slocum and Cahoon, A47; Connolly 87.