VI.I.45.b.2.

VI.I.45.b.2 [VI.H.4.c]: Finnegans Wake Emendations and Errata: Duplicate Typescript Copy of Errata in First Edition of Finnegans Wake (1940):

Material Description and Collation: The manuscript consists of 31 loose sheets, a double-spaced, black ribbon bottom (carbon) copies; the versos are blank

Title: "CORRECTIONS OF MISPRINTS IN "FINNEGANS WAKE" " is typed at the top of p. [1].

Measurements: The manuscript measures approximately 26.9 x 20.8 cm.

Pagination: The first sheet is not numbered, but the typist numbered the following sheets in the upper right corners: "2"–"31".

Contents: The manuscript is typed copy of the errata noted in MS VI.I.43.a.

JJA Draft Code: I.1§1.10'/2.10'//I.2§1.13'/2.13'/3.13'//I.3§1.13'/2.13'/3.13'//1.4§1.14'/4.14'//I.5§1.14'/4.14'//I.6§1.11'/2.8'/3.14'/4.10'//I.7§1.14'/2.14'//I.8§1.22'; II.1§§1.11'/2.9'/3.10'/4.12'/5.10'/6.10'/7.9'; II.2§§1.15'/2.13'/3.14'/5.5–6.7'/7.6'/8.16'/9.14'; II.3§§1.8'/2.8'/3.7'/4.10'/5.7'/6.9'/7.7'; II.4§§2.13'/3.15'; III§§1A.15'/C.12'/1D.15'//2A.16'/2B.14'/2C.16'//3A.13'/3B.20'//4.10'; and IV§§1.8'/2.11'/3.7'/4.5'/5.9'

Dating: The typescript was prepared in August 1940.

Other Markings: There is a note in ink on verso of p. 31 in Maria Jolas's hand that reads: "Ces 31 pages sont l'unique duplicats [sic] des corrections faites par Joyce lui-meme, avec l'aide de Paul Leon, en vue d'une deuxieme edition de Finnegans Wake, pendant l'ete 1940, a St. Gerandle-Puy, Allier. En partant pour l'Amerique en septembre 1940, j'ai emporte l'original pour le remettre a l'editeur americain, B.W. Huebsch, qui, depuis, a incorpore ces corrections dans une nouvelle edition. Le present exemplaire fut emporte en Suisse par Joyce en decembre 1940, et trouve parmi ses papiers. Maria Jolas. Paris, Septembre 1949".

Publication: The manuscript has not been reproduced.

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