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VI. B. 36. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Notebook, Joyce's hand in pencil.
Title: No title.
Collation: Black cloth covers; insides of boards, and front and back
flyleaves blue. Insides of front and back covers, both sides of back
flyleaf written on. 164 leaves of ruled paper with red and blue
vertical lines, stitched: 305 pages written on, 23 pages blank.
18.9 x approx. 12.5 cm.
Other Markings: Many entries crossed through with blue, orange or
green crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-35 (probably 1930-35).
Notes: Most of the entries are for use in Book II, Chapter 2, the
"Lessons" episode, FW 260-308.
VI. B. 37. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Notebook, Joyce's hand in pencil and in purple pencil, a few entries
in ink. (One entry on p. [3] not in Joyce's hand.)
Title: No title.
Collation: Stiff, light brown board covers, maroon cloth spine; insides
of boards and front and back flyleaves white. Insides of
boards, cover side of front flyleaf, both sides of back flyleaf
written on. 119 leaves of graph paper (1 leaf torn from notebook;
part of leaf 112 torn off), stitched: 231 pages written on, 7 pages
blank. 20.6 x approx. 13 cm.
Other Markings: Many entries crossed through with orange, maroon,
blue, or red crayon (a few entries crossed through with pencil).
"R" on inside of back cover. 77
Dating: ca. 1922-36.
Notes: Most of the entries are for use in Book II, Chapter 3, "The
Tavern" episode, FW 309-82. Lists of Russian words appear on
pp. [3, 163-65, 235-38] and on both sides of back flyleaf.
"See MS. VI. C. 17., pp. [151-237], for a transcription by Joyce's amanuensis
of the entries in this MS. which were not crossed through with colored
crayon. (This MS. has been transcribed backwards: the beginning of MS. VI.
B. 37. appears on p. [237] of MS. VI. C. 17., while the end of MS. VI. B. 37.
appears on p. [151] of MS. VI. C. 17.)