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VI. B. 16. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Tablet, Joyce's hand in pencil (a few entries in ink). 43
Title: No title.
Collation: Front cover missing; back cover grey board. 73 leaves of
unruled paper, the top of each leaf is perforated (7 leaves torn
from tablet, first 8 leaves detached from binding), stapled: 144
pages written on, 2 pages blank. Approx. 19.4 x 13.6 cm.
Other Markings: "AAc" in red crayon on back cover. Many entries
crossed through with red, blue, or green crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-27.
VI. B. 17. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Notebook, Joyce's hand in pencil. 44
Title: No title.
Collation: No covers. All leaves detached from binding; edges of
leaves red. 54 leaves of ruled paper; notebook was stapled; all
pages written on. 20.9 ' approx. 13 cm.
Other Markings: Many entries crossed through with blue, red, orange,
or green crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-27 (probably 1927). 45
43 See MS. VI. C. 6., bottom of p. [142] to p. [149], for a transcription of pp.
[1-12], and MS. VI. C. 1., pp. [1-74], for a transcription of p. [13] to end by
Joyce's amanuensis of the entries in this MS. which were not crossed through
with colored crayon. See also MS. VI. C. 6., pp. [140-42], for a transcription of
some missing pages from this workbook.
44 See MS. VI. C. 11., pp. [1-58], bottom of p. [63] to top of p. [93],for a
transcription of pp. [1-104] by Joyce's amanuensis of the entries in this MS.
(except pp. [105-8]) which were not crossed through with colored crayon.
Also see MS. VI. C. 5., pp. [170-221], for another transcription of pp. [1-68]
of this MS. This duplication is most likely accidental. See also MS. VI. C. 11.,
pp. [59-63, 93-95], and MS. VI. C. 5., pp. [221-23], for a transcription of some
missing pages from this workbook.
45 See p. [55] of MS., "1342-1927."