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New York: Viking Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; No dust jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth titled in gilt. First edition, first printing. Tight and unmarked with a touch of corner/edge wear and some faint staining to cloth. Bookshop tag to rear endpage. The original DJ in mylar is lightly dampstained, chipped, edgeworn, and sunned to spine, with a tiny hole mid spine. Flap price $5.00. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 628pp pages .

Finnegans Wake is a novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It is significant for its experimental style and reputation as one of the most difficult works in the Western canon. The book, Joyce's final and most avant-garde work, is structured as a sort of feverish dream containing multilingual puns, numerous literary and historical allusions, and a rich tapestry of themes.

First editions of 'Finnegans Wake' published by Faber and Faber in 1939 might have errors that were corrected in later editions, specific cover designs, and should state 'First Published in mcmxxxix' on the copyright page.