The Essential James Joyce, 1948, ed. Harry Levin. Penguin Books (1969). Cover art by Jacques Emile Blanche; photographed by John Freeman. 550 pages.
I found this book on the street in Shin-Kōenji, the neighborhood I lived in in Tokyo twenty-five years ago. It was, if I recall, stacked on top of a pile of pornographic manga. I may have taken those as well. Happy Bloomsday!
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An amusing story about a useful book with a lovely cover. In the U.S., I think that its contents became THE PORTABLE JAMES JOYCE, part of the Viking Portable series–still published by Penguin, still edited by Harry Levin.
Not to be too pedantic, but I don’t think that Penguin Press books were mass-market: they were slightly larger and a store could not simply return the covers for credit on its order.
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Apparently blacklisted in the US at that time since it doesn’t have a US price tag.
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Great post!
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Political, Personal, and Pound-Foolish Commentary for “After the Race” posted today at https://jamesjoycereadingcircle.com/2021/07/02/d-about-after-the-race-july-2-1903/ Cheers! ~Don
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