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VI.I.8.

*VI.I.8 [Also X.C.145 (X.C.139)]: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Emendations and Errata: Emendation for the Galley Proofs for transition 4/Finnegans Wake I.4 (1927):


Material Description and Collation

The manuscript is a picture postcard of Amsterdam, with an emendation on the verso in Joyce’s hand in black ink.


Measurements

The manuscript measures 9.0 x 14.0 cm.


 Contents

The manuscript is a letter to Beach in which Joyce instructs her to have the editor emend the proofs of transition 4 (July 1927); the emendation was not made as directed here on transition 4 or on any subsequent version of the texts. See transition 4, 58.30–31 as well as FW 093.16.


JJA Draft Code

I.4§1.7+.


Dating

Joyce wrote this emendation on 10 June 1927.


Publication

The correspondence was published on JJSB125–26 (#116).