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First American Edition. Thick octavo. The final state of Joyce's long-gestating "Work in Progress," published in the same year as the Limited Edition co-published by Viking with Faber & Faber. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front panel and spine and turquoise topstain; minor scuffing to textblock edges, else near fine. In unclipped typographic jacket, with some scuffing and light creasing at edges, with minor chipping to lower edge of front panel; thus close to near fine. A pleasing copy.

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.