Lot 87 , Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [

Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [

Joyce, James (1882-1941). Anna Livia Plurabelle. Cambridge: The Gramophone Company, Hayes, for the Orthological Institute, Cambridge, [1929]. Twelve-inch double-sided shellac 78rpm record, printed paper labels on each side, white paper sleeve (slight scratches on each side, two small tears in sleeve). FIRST PRESSING OF JOYCE'S ONLY RECORDING FROM FINNEGANS WAKE, recorded by C.K. Ogden (1889-1957), the inventor of Basic English. 'The best way to come to [Finnegans Wake] is through the "Anna Livia" recording and the "Tales Told of Shem and Shaun".' (Connolly: The Modern Movement, 87) 'How beautiful the "Anna Livia" recording is, and how amusing Joyce's rendering of an Irish washerwoman's brogue!' (Beach: Shakespeare and Company, 1956) The disc sold for two guineas and was subsequently issued by His Master's Voice (Slocum and Cahoon, p. 17
Estimate £300-500


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Sold for £300