VI.J.6.
*VI.J.6: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Miscellaneous Manuscripts: Typescript Copy of the Front Matter for the Crosby Gaige Edition of Anna Livia Plurablle (1928)
Material Description and Collation
The manuscript consists of 6 sheets of typewritten double- and single-spaced black ribbon top (original) copies, watermarked "ARTESIAN BOND", of which pp. [1], [3], and [4] are embossed with "THE SHELTON – NEW YORK". There are additions and corrections in lead pencil and orange crayon, presumably by the printer; the versos are blank.
Title
The sheets are headed in lead pencil in an unidentified hand as follows: pp. [1] and [2]: "Halftitle"; p. [3]: "Title"; p. [4]: "Copyright"; p. [5]: "1st page | of introduction"; and p. [6]: "Halftitle".
Contents
The manuscript is probably the printer’s or the publisher’s mock-up of the front matter for Joyce’s approval. The arrangement of the front matter here does not coincide with the published work (see Slocum and Cahoon A32).
Measurements
The manuscript measures approximately 13.3 x 18.6 cm.
Pagination
Pages [1] and [2] and numbered "I" and "II" in the top right corner in orange crayon; pp. [3], [4], and [6] are numbered "2", "3", and "4" in the top right corner in orange crayon. Pages [1], [3], [4], and [6] are also numbered in the lower center margin "i", "iii", "iv", and "v" in lead pencil; p. [2] is further numbered "1" in a circle in the lower center margin in lead pencil. These paginations do not correspond to the published work.
Dating
The manuscript was prepared in 1928.
Publication
This manuscript has not been reproduced.