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18 - BECKETT (Samuel) & Co.

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€100 - 150

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32.4%

BECKETT (Samuel) & Co. Our examination regarding his forgery for the destruction of work in progress. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1929. In-8, modern gray morocco, oval blue morocco patch in the center of the covers inscribed with the author’s name, plain spine, covers and spine preserved (soiled and restored), in slipcase (binding by Adélaïde Brémond). First edition. Twelve authors write about James Joyce’s work *Work in Progress*—later to become *Finnegans Wake*—at his request, with the aim of explaining his creative process. Restorations in the margins of a few leaves. Stamp on the title page: *Made in Great Britain*.

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Auction details

Books, Manuscripts, and Prints
Monday, October 26
02:00 PM
37, rue des Mathurins
75008 Paris, France

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Tajan +33 1 53 30 30 30 serviceclient@tajan.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 87,000 lots published

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