Dubliners UK 1st

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First edition, first printing of ‘Dubliners’ published by Grant Richards in 1914. A very good copy with some minor spotting to the page edges. Some light dulling to the gilt tiles to the spine and to the front panel and a little browning to the spine. No inscriptions. Scattered spotting to the prelims and to the page edges. Some wear to the extremities. About James Joyce’s landmark collection of fifteen short stories portraying ordinary Dublin life in the early 20th century. Through characters trapped by routine, poverty, and social expectation, Joyce explores themes of paralysis, epiphany, and the quiet struggles of everyday existence. Stories like “Araby,” “Eveline,” and “The Dead” reveal moments of painful insight that illuminate the gap between aspiration and reality. Written in a clear, restrained style, ‘Dubliners’ offers a profound, humane portrait of a city and its people on the edge of modernity. Show more