Pomes Penyeach

First UK edition. Slim 8vo. 22pp. Publisher's sewn, pale blue-green printed wraps over plain cream card covers, priced 1/- net to front flap. The first edition to be printed in England. Collection of thirteen short poems, written by Joyce between 1904 and 1924 and originally published by Shakespeare & Co. on 5 July, 1927, for the price of 1/- (12 pennies) or 12 francs.

Oxford academic G. D. Ramsay's copy, with his graceful signature to blank prelim., dated 7.vi.33. Light toning along spine fold, else Fine.

The title of the first poem, 'Tilly' recalls the thirteenth item in a 'Baker's dozen' and represents the bonus offering of this penny-a-poem collection. "Pomes Penyeach consists of texts which differ in structure, style and themes . . . To some extent, the collection remains suspended between tradition and experimentation." –Literary Encyclopedia

[Slocum & Cahoon A28]