Pomes Penyeach by James Joyce

JOYCE, James. Pomes Penyeach. Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1927.

First edition, with errata slip, of this collection of thirteen short poems written by Joyce between 1904 and 1924.

The title is a play on ‘poems’ and the French ‘pommes’. However, as printed on the rear cover, the book’s original prince was one shilling (twelve pennies), making the thirteenth poem a bonus. The collection includes some of Joyce’s most popular poems, such as ‘A Flower Given to My Daughter’ and ‘On the Beach at Fontana’, with each poem accompanied by its place and year of composition.

Sextodecimo; some very light foxing, but generally very good; original paper covered boards, covers lettered in green (covers sunned and slightly soiled, spine a little worn with some small loss).