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IX.A.5.

IX.A.5: Miscellaneous Manuscripts: Loose Sheets: Reading Script for Joyce’s Recording of "Anna Livia Plurabelle" (Finnegans Wake I.8) for the Orthological Institute in Cambridge (1929)


Material Description and Collation

The manuscript consists of 10 sheets of photographic paper; the versos are blank.


Measurements

The sheets measure approximately 53.2 x 37.6 cm.


Pagination

Pages [1]–[9] are numbered "52"–"60" but p. [10] is not numbered.


Contents

The manuscript is photographic enlargement of pp. 52–60 of the first edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle (New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928; see Finnegans Wake I.8, pp. 213.03–216) made by C. K. Ogden, from which Joyce made his recording (see Slocum and Cahoon, p. 173).


Dating

The recording took place in August 1928.


Other Markings

There are various markings in lead pencil on pp. [2] and [3].


Publication

This manuscript has not been reproduced.


Notes

The manuscript was housed in a large folder of light blue and blue-green paper covers over boards, with tan paper endpapers; it has a black cloth spine, black cloth corners, and three cloth ties sewn through the top, bottom and right margins; a white paper label is affixed to the front cover, which has "SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY | 12, Rue de l’Odéon – Paris – VIe" printed in black ink inside a black border; on the label, in black and red ink, Sylvia Beach wrote: "ANNA LIVIA PLURABELLE | (Last 10 pages) | photograph reproduction enlarged | printed in large type for C. K. Ogden | from Fountain Press edition | in Cambridge, England, used by James Joyce | who described it as "specially printed for his reading". | for the recording of his reading of a | part of this work for the ORTHOLOGICAL | given to Sylvia Beach by James Joyce himself on his return | from England | Society, Cambridge".