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.

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]