{
  "full": "\n**JAMES JOYCE. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. 1928–1956. (ML 145)**  \n\n#### 156a. First printing (1928)  \n\n[within double rules] A PORTRAIT of the ARTIST | AS A YOUNG MAN | [rule] | BY | JAMES JOYCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERBERT GORMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xii, [*2*], 1–299 [300–306]. [1–10]16  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1916, *by* | B. W. HUEBSCH | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1928, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1928; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Herbert Gorman | *January,* 1928. | New York City.; [*1*] fly title; [*2*] blank; 1–299 text; [300] blank; [301–304] ML list; [305–306] blank. (*Fall 1927*) *Note:* *First* statement retained on printing with spring 1928 list.  \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B2.  \n\n>Text on front:\nNo new method of writing has been more discussed in the last decade than Mr. Joyce’s so-called “stream of consciousness technique”; in this novel, which was published in 1915, he handled this method for the first time on a large scale.\nHerbert Gorman, in his introduction to this edition of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” says: “So profound and beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our age, and if it is overshadowed by the huger proportions and profundities of “Ulysses,” we must still remember that out of it that vaster tome evolved and that in it is the promise of that new literature, new both in form and content, that will be the classics of tomorrow.” (*Spring 1928*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1931*)  \n\n>Front flap:\nThe publication by Random House of James Joyce’s *Ulysses*, after the ban had been lifted by Judge John M. Woolsey’s epoch-making decision, lends importance to the Modern Library edition of *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man*. This earlier autobiographical novel is a prelude to *Ulysses*, and it makes clear the method and the scope of the latter work. As the first novel to employ the stream of consciousness technique, *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* created a revolution in modern fiction. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\nOriginally published in book form by B. W. Huebsch, 1916, and from 1925 by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [*1*]–299) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published March 1928. *WR* 7 April 1928. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1956.  \n\n*A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* was the ML’s thirteenth best-selling title during the first six months of 1928. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It slipped into the second quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 but sold 1,200 more copies on an annual basis than it had in 1942–43. There were thirty-eight ML printings by May 1950 for a total of 99,000 copies (Slocum and Cahoon, pp. 18–19).  \n\nViking Press published *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* in its quality paperback series, Compass Books, in August 1956. Viking Press appears to have canceled the ML’s reprint contract in anticipation of the Compass edition and allowed the ML to sell out its existing stock.  \n\n#### 156b. Title page reset (c. 1941)  \n\n*A Portrait of the Artist* | *As a Young Man* | BY JAMES JOYCE | *Introduction by* HERBERT GORMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]  \n\nPagination and collation as 156a.  \n\nContents as 156a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY B. W. HUEBSCH | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [301–306] ML list. (*Fall 1944*)  \n\n>*Variant:* Pagination, collation and contents as 156b except: [iv] second line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1944, BY NORA JOYCE. (*Fall 1955*)  \n\n*Jacket A:* Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on cream paper; title in black on cream panel at top, other lettering in reverse or black on dark red panel at foot. Front flap as 156a. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. (*Fall 1944*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Non-pictorial in dark yellow (88), moderate bluish green (164) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black against dark yellow background except author in reverse on moderate bluish green band. Front flap as 156a. (*Spring 1954*)  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nJoyce, *Dubliners* (1926– ) 129  \nJoyce, *Ulysses* (Giant, 1940– ) G50  \n\n",
  "id": "156",
  "year": "1928",
  "label": "JAMES JOYCE. A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. 1928–1956. (ML 145)",
  "author": "JAMES JOYCE",
  "title": "A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN.",
  "date": "1928–1956.",
  "something": "ML 145",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "id": "156a",
      "title": "First printing (1928)  ",
      "full": "\n\n[within double rules] A PORTRAIT of the ARTIST | AS A YOUNG MAN | [rule] | BY | JAMES JOYCE | [rule] | INTRODUCTION BY | HERBERT GORMAN | [rule] | [torchbearer A2] | [rule] | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [i–iv] v–xii, [*2*], 1–299 [300–306]. [1–10]16  \n\n[i] half title; [ii] pub. note A6; [iii] title; [iv] *Copyright,* 1916, *by* | B. W. HUEBSCH | [short double rule] | *Introduction Copyright,* 1928, *by* | THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1928; v–xii INTRODUCTION signed p. xii: Herbert Gorman | *January,* 1928. | New York City.; [*1*] fly title; [*2*] blank; 1–299 text; [300] blank; [301–304] ML list; [305–306] blank. (*Fall 1927*) *Note:* *First* statement retained on printing with spring 1928 list.  \n\n*Jacket A:* Uniform typographic jacket B2.  \n\n>Text on front:\nNo new method of writing has been more discussed in the last decade than Mr. Joyce’s so-called “stream of consciousness technique”; in this novel, which was published in 1915, he handled this method for the first time on a large scale.\nHerbert Gorman, in his introduction to this edition of “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” says: “So profound and beautiful and convincing a book is part of the lasting literature of our age, and if it is overshadowed by the huger proportions and profundities of “Ulysses,” we must still remember that out of it that vaster tome evolved and that in it is the promise of that new literature, new both in form and content, that will be the classics of tomorrow.” (*Spring 1928*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Uniform typographic jacket D. (*Fall 1931*)  \n\n>Front flap:\nThe publication by Random House of James Joyce’s *Ulysses*, after the ban had been lifted by Judge John M. Woolsey’s epoch-making decision, lends importance to the Modern Library edition of *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man*. This earlier autobiographical novel is a prelude to *Ulysses*, and it makes clear the method and the scope of the latter work. As the first novel to employ the stream of consciousness technique, *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* created a revolution in modern fiction. (*Fall 1933*)  \n\nOriginally published in book form by B. W. Huebsch, 1916, and from 1925 by Viking Press. ML edition (pp. [*1*]–299) printed from Huebsch/Viking plates with Huebsch half title used as a fly title. Published March 1928. *WR* 7 April 1928. First printing: 8,000 copies. Discontinued fall 1956.  \n\n*A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* was the ML’s thirteenth best-selling title during the first six months of 1928. During the eighteen-month period May 1942–October 1943 it was at the bottom of the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales. It slipped into the second quarter of ML titles during the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 but sold 1,200 more copies on an annual basis than it had in 1942–43. There were thirty-eight ML printings by May 1950 for a total of 99,000 copies (Slocum and Cahoon, pp. 18–19).  \n\nViking Press published *A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man* in its quality paperback series, Compass Books, in August 1956. Viking Press appears to have canceled the ML’s reprint contract in anticipation of the Compass edition and allowed the ML to sell out its existing stock.  \n\n"
    },
    {
      "id": "156b",
      "title": "Title page reset (c. 1941)  ",
      "full": "\n\n*A Portrait of the Artist* | *As a Young Man* | BY JAMES JOYCE | *Introduction by* HERBERT GORMAN | [torchbearer D1 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK | [rule]  \n\nPagination and collation as 156a.  \n\nContents as 156a except: [ii] blank; [iv] COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY B. W. HUEBSCH | INTRODUCTION COPYRIGHT, 1928, | BY THE MODERN LIBRARY, INC.; [301–306] ML list. (*Fall 1944*)  \n\n>*Variant:* Pagination, collation and contents as 156b except: [iv] second line added: COPYRIGHT, RENEWED, 1944, BY NORA JOYCE. (*Fall 1955*)  \n\n*Jacket A:* Non-pictorial in dark red (16) and black on cream paper; title in black on cream panel at top, other lettering in reverse or black on dark red panel at foot. Front flap as 156a. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. (*Fall 1944*)  \n\n*Jacket B:* Non-pictorial in dark yellow (88), moderate bluish green (164) and black on coated white paper with lettering in black against dark yellow background except author in reverse on moderate bluish green band. Front flap as 156a. (*Spring 1954*)  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nJoyce, *Dubliners* (1926– ) 129  \nJoyce, *Ulysses* (Giant, 1940– ) G50  \n\n"
    }
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