Chamber music / James Joyce.
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Category
Books
Date
1907
Materials
Place of origin
England
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Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3150549
Caption
Published on 7 May 1907, Chamber Music was James Joyce’s first published book. A collection of his poetry, it was reviewed favourably but did not sell particularly well. This copy was owned by Vita Sackville-West and is one of three Joyce books in her collection. She has signed and dated the book 1917, suggesting that she acquired it a decade after its publication, when she and Harold Nicolson were living at Long Barn (their home prior to Sissinghurst).
Summary
Chamber Music (London, 1907), by James Joyce. The first edition of James Joyce's first book, bound in green cloth, with gold lettering (as issued by the publisher). Inside the upper board is Vita Sackville-West's ownership inscription, dated 1917.
Bibliographic description
[40] p. ; 17 cm. Bookseller's ticket on front pastedown : B.H. Blackwell, Oxford. Pencil pastedown price: 2/ net. Single pencil marking in text. Provenance: inscribed "V.N. Long Barn 1917" [i.e. Vita Sackville-West [Nicolson], 1892-1962] Binding: green publisher's cloth, gold lettered [3rd variant binding?]
Makers and roles
James Joyce (1882-1941)
