JOYCE, James. Finnegans Wake. Edited by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.

London: The Folio Society, 2014. Folio. pp. 493. A fine copy bound in black buckram, extensively decorated in blue and gilt after a design by John Vernon Lord, lettered in gilt and blue, housed in the original black slipcase decorated with a branching gilt design.

A handsome Folio Society edition of Joyce’s final and most experimental novel, incorporating the critically emended text first published by Houyhnhnm Press in 2010. With a note on the new edition by Seamus Deane, preface by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon, and introduction by David Greetham.

Profusely illustrated by John Vernon Lord, whose intricate imagery complements Joyce’s dense network of linguistic, historical and mythological allusion. Printed on Abbey Wove paper at Memminger MedienCentrum, Germany, and bound by Lachenmaier.

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