A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. With an Introduction by Hugh Kenner and Illustrated by Brian Keogh.

First Easton Press edition. Impressively illustrated with 14 colourplates, including double-spread and with 14 line drawings throughout by Brian Keogh Royal 8vo, bound in the publisher's original Irish green leather, the covers fully gilt in an all-over design, the spine with raised bands separating the compartments, the compartments fully decorated and lettered in gilt, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. xvii, [2], 254 pp. A pristine, as mint copy. FIRST OF THE EDITION. A fine and handsome production by The Easton Press, with illustrations by Brian Keogh. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST was Joyce’s first novel and is considered one of his most important books and a major work in all of 20th century and modern literature.