The Book Shed

As New in all respects. Limited edition, not numbered. Clean and unmarked. Illustrated by Brian Keogh, introduction by Hugh Kenner. Part of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written collection. Full green and gilt leather with a shamrock design, four raised bands, all edges gilt, watered silk endpapers, silk marker ribbon. Joyce's first novel introducing the character Stephen Dedalus who we encounter again in Ulysses. Kenner, who contributed the introduction, has written extensively on James Joyce. He has stated elsewhere that "every theme in the entire life-work of James Joyce is stated on the first two pages of the Portrait". Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!