International standard book number
9780957068421
Shelfmark
Ie4.4
Author
Title
Finn's hotel / James Joyce ; edited & arranged by Danis Rose ; introduced by Seamus Dane ; illuminated by Casey Sorry ; typography by Michael Caine.
Edition
First edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Dublin : Ithys Press, 2013 (Paris : Atelier de la Cerisaie)
Physical description
[100] p. : ill. ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Note
"This edition is limited to 180 copies: of 40 head copies on Zerkall mouldmade, 10 signed deluxe copies I-X are housed in bespoke bindings featuring the handmarbling of Antonio Velez Celemin of Madrid, and 26 copies lettered A-Z & 4 copies hors commerce are issued in paper wrappers within clamshell boxes; 140 numbered copies on Fedrigoni vellum are presented in Elisabeth Hyder's printed paper over boards. The edition has been handbound by Tom Duffy in Dublin's 5 Lamps"--Colophon.
Note
"This first edition ... has been designed & printed letterpress by Michael Caine at the Atelier de la Cerisaie, Paris, for Ithys Press, Dublin."
Note
Lettered issue presented as a loose-leaf book of ten signatures, deckled edges.
Provenance
Given to ECL by Nicholas Kessler, 2016.
Provenance
Inscribed on title-page 'Caine copy', i.e. the printer's copy, signed by Michael Caine.
Provenance
Bookplate of Nicholas Kessler.
Binding
Unbound, in paper wrappers, black paper spine, covers of black paper with silver spots. Housed in clam-shell box with black buckram spine and cover of same paper.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy numbered HCii/iv [copy 2 hors commerce].
Copy-specific note
Housed in box with copy of James Joyce, The lion's mouth, Paris: Oiseau bleu, 2014, in uniform loose wrappers.
Copy-specific note
Part of the Nicholas Kessler Joyce Collection.
Copy-specific note
Previously I.Kes
Subject
Joyce, James, 1882 - 1941 Finnegans wake.
Genre/Form
Fiction.
Genre/Form
Illustrated works.
Genre/Form
Private press books.
Added entry--name
Rose, Danis editor.
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Sorrow, Casey illustrator.
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Caine, Michael Christopher typographer.
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Ithys Press Ltd. publisher.
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Atelier de la Cerisaie printer.
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Ireland Dublin.
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France Paris.
Identifier
B43415