transition: Number 7 (October 1927), Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul (Editors) — 1st Ed

£350.00

transition: Number 7 (October 1927), Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul (Editors) — 1st Ed

Name: transition: Number 7 (October 1927), Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul (Editors) — 1st Ed
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5728
Price: 350.00 GBP
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Publication: Paris, transition / Shakespeare and Co., 1927

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 176.

Condition Report: Very Good. The fragile, original paper wrappers remain entirely intact and structurally sound, a notable survival for the notoriously brittle yapp edges typical of Paris-produced Modernist periodicals. The overlapping edges display expected minor creasing, small closed tears, and light chipping, predominantly at the spine ends and corners. The spine is firm, largely unfaded, and avoids the heavy vertical reading creases often seen in thick paperbacks of this era. Internally, the binding is impressively tight. The text block is predominantly clean and bright with only gentle, uniform age-toning to the page margins. The original rough-cut, untrimmed textblock edges are well-preserved.

Catalogue Note: First edition, original printing of the seventh issue of transition, the celebrated expatriate literary review. This copy notably retains the original tipped-in slip indicating UK distribution and pricing (2/3 net) by William Jackson (Books) Ltd. of London, a charming piece of publishing provenance showing its transatlantic distribution.

The issue features a stunning array of Modernist heavyweights. Most famously, it contains a significant instalment of James Joyce's Continuation of a Work in Progress (eventually published as Finnegans Wake). The issue also includes contributions by William Carlos Williams, Laura Riding, Hart Crane, and Robert Graves, alongside reproductions of works by Alexander Calder and Max Ernst.

Individual issues retaining their original wrappers in such cohesive condition are increasingly scarce on the open market, as many were either heavily damaged due to their fragile construction or bound up in institutional cloth.

Founded in 1927 in Paris by Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul, transition quickly became the most vital and ambitious "little magazine" of the interwar avant-garde. It served as the primary proving ground for the Revolution of the Word, offering a radical platform for surrealists, expressionists, and linguistic experimentalists. This October 1927 issue (Number 7) offers a brilliant cross-section of the era's creative explosion, giving readers the rare thrill of encountering Joyce’s mind-bending prose and Calder’s sculptures exactly as they were first unveiled to the world.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul (Editors)

Book Publisher: transition / Shakespeare and Co.

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Antiquarian

Genre: Modern Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 176

Book Publication Year: 1927

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Softcover

Illustrator: Alexander Calder, Polelonema, Max Ernst

Book Series: transition

Country/region of manufacture: Paris, France

Book Dimensions:

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