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1925. Written to Lloyd Morris on June 3, and accepting an invitation for the following evening. Joyce had just moved into a new flat at 2 Square Robiac, off 192 rue de Grenelle, which would prove to be the Paris address at which he lived the longest, staying there until 1931. Since he moved in in "early June," according to his biographer, this must have been one of his first days there. Lloyd Morris was an expatriate American essayist and author of critical works on Edward Arlington Robinson and Irish poetry, among other subjects, and later in life he wrote a series of volumes on American history and culture. His 1943 book, A Threshold in the Sun, recounts a visit to Carnac that Morris and his mother took together with Joyce and Nora Barnacle in 1924 -- that is, a year before this letter. Signed, "Sincerely yours, James Joyce." Notepaper folded in half to 5-1/2" x 7" and halved again; near fine. Matted and framed with hand-addressed mailing envelope to 11-1/2" x 18-1/4". Autograph material by Joyce is very scarce.   [#026765] $8,500

London, Egoist Press, 1923. The third British edition and the first Egoist Press edition; one of only 107 copies. The edition was intended as 500, but 393 sets of sheets remained when Egoist was acquired by Jonathan Cape in 1924 [Slocum and Cahoon]. List of publications of the Egoist Press tipped to rear pastedowns; offsetting to endpages; else fine.   [#018617] $850

Buenos Aires, Sur, (1937). A Spanish language edition of Joyce's only published play, Exiles, first published in 1918. The play was staged unsuccessfully in Munich in the year of its publication but not performed in England until 1926, by which time Joyce was already widely recognized as a major literary figure -- which was not the case at the time of its original publication. Pages uncut and mildly age-toned; a very near fine copy of this fragile volume, in self-wrappers. Remarkably well-preserved for a Sur publication from this era.   [#027632] $450

Paris, Shakespeare and Co., 1927. The first trade edition, after 13 specially bound copies. 3-3/4" x 4-7/8." With errata sheet tipped in at the rear, opposite the colophon. Owner signature and notes in text, and the previous owner has transcribed Joyce's poem, "Ecce Puer" -- about the death of his father and the birth of his son -- on the rear endpaper. Spine sunned and almost fully cracked; a good copy only in printed paper-covered boards.   [#023447] $350

(NY), New Directions, (1944). A posthumously published short novel, written when the author was in his early twenties, and being an early version of what became Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. One of 3000 copies. Pencilled owner signature and notes in text. Near fine in a good dust jacket, almost completely detached from the spine, heavily rubbed along the folds, tape-strengthened at the corners and spine ends and with flaps affixed to pastedowns.   [#023456] $100

NY, Viking Press, 1958. Edited and introduced by Richard Ellmann; preface by T.S. Eliot. One of 375 copies specially bound for friends of the publisher. Pencilled owner name; foredge foxing; cloth edges slightly worn or nibbled; a very good copy in cloudy, original acetate, tape-repaired on the rear panel.   [#023488] $100

(NY), New Directions, (1955). A new edition of this posthumously published short novel, which was written when the author was in his early twenties, and being an early version of what became Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. First published in 1944, this is a revision incorporating additional manuscript pages. Owner name on title page; stray pen mark on rear flyleaf; small spot on foredge; near fine in a very good, edgeworn, spine-sunned dust jacket with soiling on the rear panel.   [#020284] $85

London, Thornton Butterworth, (1933). A critical biography in the Modern Writers and Playwrights series. Owner name to flyleaf and notes in text; pages edges foxed; a very good copy in a near fine, spine-tanned dust jacket.   [#023473] $65

NY, Columbia University Press, 1954. Edited and with introduction and notes by William York Tindall. Gift inscription and owner stamp; pencilled notes in text. Near fine, without dust jacket.   [#023449] $50

(n.p.), Northwestern University Press, (1961). "The Ur-Workbook for Finnegans Wake," edited by Connolly. Pencilled owner name on flyleaf; near fine in a very good, spine and edge-sunned dust jacket.   [#023496] $45

London, Desmond Harmsworth, (1932). Pencilled owner name and notes in text; offsetting to endpages; foxing to page edges; very good in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket with slight spotting and edge wear. Errata slip laid in.   [#023470] $45

London, Oxford University Press, 1961. "Method and Design in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake." Foxing to page edges; near fine in a near fine dust jacket.   [#023497] $45

(n.p.), Pennsylvania State University Press, (1960). Very Good in Very Good (spine-faded) DJ.   [#708500] $40

NY, New York University Press, 1956. Very Good in Very Good (edge-worn) DJ.   [#708552] $35

Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1957. "A Free Adaptation for the Theater." Pencilled owner name and notes in text; foxing to page edges; near fine in a very good, spine and edge-sunned dust jacket.   [#023484] $30

NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Very Good in Very Good (slight wear) DJ. Scholar's pencil notes to text and rear endpaper.   [#708499] $30

NY, Viking, 1951. A limited reissue of Joyce's only published play, which includes previously unpublished notes by Joyce, discovered after his death, and an introduction by Padraic Colum. The play was staged unsuccessfully in Munich in the year of its publication but not performed in England until 1926, by which time Joyce was already widely recognized as a major literary figure -- which was not the case at the time of its original publication. One of 1900 copies. Owner name, foredge foxing, cloth nibbled; a very good copy in a good, price-clipped dust jacket with fading to the spine lettering and rubbing to the jacket.   [#023446] $25

NY, Book Society, 1949. With an introduction and notes by Harry Levin. This is a reissue of The Portable James Joyce, published in 1947. Near fine in chipped glassine and an insect-damaged slipcase.   [#023457] $25

NY, Random House, (1977). Very Good in Very Good DJ.   [#704488] $25

Woodward, PA, Classic Nonfiction Library/Barnes & Noble, (1959). Good in illustrated boards, no dustjacket.   [#711354] $25

Garden City, Doubleday, 1958. Foxing to page edges and endpages; near fine in a good dust jacket with several holes to the rear flap fold and a soiled but otherwise intact dust jacket.   [#023489] $25

London, Abelard-Schuman, (1958). Owner name to flyleaf; foxing to page edges and endpages; about near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with minor surface soiling. Book store order card laid in.   [#023487] $25

NY, Vanguard Press, (1948). Good in Good (edge-worn, tape-repaired) DJ. Scholar's pencil notes to text and rear free endpaper. Front hinge starting.   [#708549] $25

(London), Grey Walls Press, (1950). Good in Good (edge-worn, tape-repaired) DJ. Scholar's notes in pencil and pen to rear free end paper and margins.   [#708548] $25

Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, (1955). Owner name and notes in text. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with small holes at the folds. Publisher's order card laid in.   [#023482] $25

Chicago, IL, Chicago University Press, (1947). Very Good in Good (edge-worn, tape-repaired) DJ. Paper loss to front of DJ.   [#708505] $25

Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, (1978). Second printing. Very Good in Very Good DJ.   [#704957] $25

Norfolk, CT, New Directions, (1941). Later edition. 4th edition DJ. Very Good in Very Good DJ.   [#704956] $25

NY, Viking Press, (1986). Later edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ.   [#704826] $25

Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, (1982). First Phoenix Books edition of a text originally published in 1974, recounting conversations with Joyce. Only issued in wrappers. Very Good.   [#705024] $25

NY, Devin-Adair Co., 1953. Good in Very Good (edge-worn) DJ. Scholar's pencil notes to text. Tape mends to frontispiece.   [#708504] $25