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VI.H.6.
*VI.H.6 [VI.G.2]: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Page Proofs: Page Proof ofthe Faber and Faber Edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle/Finnegans Wake I.8 (1929–1930):
Material Description: The manuscript is a single unsigned quire that was stapled twice, but the staples have since been removed; all the leaves are cut. Both sides of the leaves are printed in black ink; there are no corrections or revisions. Leaves 2 and 15 have become detached from the rest.
Collation: The manuscript consists of 16 leaves (32 pages); 31 pages are printed and 1 is blank: the reverse of the halftitle-leaf.
Measurements: The leaves of the untrimmed manuscript measure approximately 19.0 x 12.7 cm.
Pagination: Pages "5"–"32" are numbered consecutively; the front matter on pp. [1]–[4] are unnumbered.
Contents: The manuscript is an unmarked copy of page proofs for the First English Edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle, Criterion Miscellany No. 15 (London: Faber & Faber, 12 June 1930; Slocum and Cahoon A33). It was set from an unmarked copy of the Crosby Gaige (October 1930) edition. Corrections and revisions were presumably made on a now missing copy of the proofs for publication.
JJA Draft Code: I.8§1.16'.
Dating: The manuscript is undated, but was set between September 1929, after the contract had been signed, and May 1930.
Publication: The printed pages of this manuscript have been reproduced on JJA 48.330–346.
