681. Johnston, Fred.

Being Anywhere. New & Selected Poems. With an introduction by the author.

Belfast, Lagan Press Poetry, 2001. 13 cm x 21 cm. 92 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by author.

682. Jones, H. Trevor.

Shore Life – Fish, Clouds and Weather. Describing 136 species, 129 of which are illustrated in full colour with additional colour and line drawings.

London and New York, Frederick Warne & Co., 1952. Small Octavo. 65 pages plus Index. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

683. Jones, Henry.

Tennyson.

1st Edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1909. 8°. 15 Pages. Original printed wrappers, stringbound (softcover). Good condition with minor external signs of wear – corners and spine bumped. No text markings. Pages yellowed. [From the Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. IV.]

684. Jones, Russell.

The Green Dress Whose Girl is Sleeping.

Glasgow, Freight Books, 2015. 13 cm x 20 cm. 71 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition. Loosely inserted is an original press-release for this publication.

685. [Jonker, Menno] Michel, K. / Jonker, M.

Menno Jonker. Shades of pale.

Uknown place, Menno Jonker, 2000. 24 cm x 17 cm. 37 pagina’s / pages. Met talrijke illustraties in kleur / With many colour illustrations throughout the catalog. Illustrated Softcover. Afkomstig uit de bibliotheek van de modeontwerper Frans Molenaar. In zeer goede staat met slechts weinig sporen van slijtage. Lichte vlek op voorkant / From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small stain on frontcover.

686. Joyce, James.

Finnegans Wake.

First American Edition. New York, The Viking Press, 1939. Large-8° (15.7 cm wide x 24.7 cm high). 628 pages. Hardcover without the original dustjacket / Original black publisher’s buckram with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Wonderful tight and excellent overall condition of this rare first american edition of Finnegans Wake. Provenance: From the library of one Robert D. Parsons with his bookplate to the front pastedown, dated in 1941. Tiny Booksellers Label from McClelland & Co. in Columbus, Ohio.

687. Joyce, James.

The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies – A Fragment from Work in Progress. [The Initial Letter, Tail-Piece and Cover were specially designed by the author’s daughter, Miss Lucia Joyce].

No. 564 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. The Hague / New York, The Servire Press / Gotham Book Mart, 1934. Octavo. [vi], 77 & [ii] pages. Original Softcover with the slipcase missing / Illuminated cream wraps with the rare illustrated cover in protective collector’s Mylar. Spine & edges slightly darkened, short tear to the top edge of the front-flap-fold; small tear (4 cm) and abrasion to lower spine with slight loss to bottom iner edges of the covers. Top corner with slight crease. Overall still in very good- condition. Interior EXCELLENT !!!

688. [Joyce, James] Budgen, Frank.

James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses – With a Portrait of James Joyce and four Drawings by the Author [Frank Budgen’s famous illustrations for Ulysses].

First Edition. [Two Volumes]. London / Mayfair, Grayson & Grayson, 1934. Octavo (15 cm wide x 22.4 cm high). Frontispiece – Portrait of a reclining Joyce, 320 pages, complete with all the illustrations in place. Hardcover (original, publisher’s quarter cloth with original spine-label). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Firm example of this rare first edition.

689. Joyce, Trevor.

With the First Dream of Fire they hunt the Cold. A Body of Work 1966/2000.

Dublin, New Writers’ Press, 2001. 15,5 cm x 19,5 cm. 243 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor foxing.

690. Kell, Richard.

Collected Poems 1962-1993.

First Edition. Belfast, Lagan Press, 2001. Octavo. XXVIII, 217 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes an introduction by fellow poet Fred Johnston.