Shelfmark
Ie4.4.03
Author
Uniform title
[Finnegans wake. Selections]
Title
The ondt and the gracehoper : a little picture book of rhymes from the pages of Finnegans wake / text by James Joyce ; collage by Dan Schiff.
Edition
First printing.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Berkeley, Cal.] : The Wonderworker Press [i.e. the artist], November, 1997.
Physical description
[36] p. : col. ill. ; 16 cm.
Note
Text taken from pp. 418 and 419 of Finnegans wake.
Note
15 copies printed.
Note
The images are Xeroxed reproductions of collages of material from three sources: cut-outs of Xeroxes from J.G. Heck, The complete encyclopedia of illustration (1851); rubber stamps from the collection of Jeff Carlock stamped on paper; the artist's collection of "rave fliers" collected between 1991 and 1996.
Note
Loose leaves inserted in slip-in photograph sleeve-book.
Provenance
Donated to ECL by Nicholas Kessler in April 2018.
Provenance
Bookplate of Nicholas Kessler loosely inserted.
Copy-specific note
ECL copy is number 3.
Copy-specific note
Word-processed note by the artist dated 2018, describing the work and with autograph annotation: "First printing. No. 3 of 15. November 1977 [sic]", in item file.
Subject
Joyce, James, 1882 - 1941 Finnegans wake.
Genre/Form
Artists' books.
Added entry--name
Kessler, Nicholas E., 1937 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Wonderworker Press publisher.
Added entry--place
United States California Berkeley.
Identifier
B46810