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47.
July 30th, 1917
Dear Mr. Joyce,
I have your letter of July 18th, but I do not quite understand it. You say: "My publisher will make a proposal to you about 'Exiles'".
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I think we shall print a first edition of five hundred copies, although this will depend on whether some American publisher — Mr. Huebsch or another — prefers to set the book up or to take part of my edition. I shall communicate with Mr. Huebsch as soon as I have proofs.
As I think you know by now, I am not myself at present printing a second edition of "Dubliners" but am taking some copies from Mr. Huebsch to go on with. I should have printed a second edition now if conditions had been normal. Sincerely yours,
In 1921 Exiles was published by The Egoist Press;
and in 1923, when Jonathan Cape brought out his edition of
Dubliners, the complex and difficult relationship between
James
Joyce and Grant Richards had finally come to an end. The editor of these
letters wishes to express his gratitude to Mr. Martin Secker and the Cornell
University Library for permission to publish; to the libraries of Yale and
Harvard Universities for permission to consult related materials; and to the
American Philosophical Society for a research grant which provided the
time for the editorial task to be performed.
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