The primary editions of Finnegans Wake
Faber & Faber (UK)
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1st published 1939
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limited edition 2 February
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trade edition 4 May with some corrections
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“Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake” 1945
(16-page booklet of author’s corrections)
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reprinted 1946, 1948, 1949
marginal text of pp. 260-308 reset with some layout errors
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new edition 1950
incorporating author’s corrections;
with appendix listing new errors
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3rd edition 1964
incorporating corrections of 1950 edition,
marginal text layout of pp. 260-308 partially corrected
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paperback, 1975
marginal text layout of pp. 260-308 wholly corrected
click here for PDF
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paperback, 1991, 2002
new cover designs
Viking Press (USA)
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1st published 1939 (trade edition 4 May)
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“Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake” 1945
(16-page booklet of author’s corrections)
click here for PDF, as scanned by Patrick Parker
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4th printing 1945
with 28-page appendix listing author’s corrections
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8th printing 1958
incorporating author’s corrections
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Viking Compass edition 1959
hardcover, reset without regard to original pagination
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Compass Books edition 1959
paperback, using setting and pagination of Viking 8th printing, reprinted 15 times 1961-1975
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Centennial edition 1982
Penguin Books (paperback; Penguin bought Viking in 1975)
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1st published 1976
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Centennial edition 1982
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G. P. Putnam’s Sons edition? (Penguin bought Putnam Berkley in 1996)
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Twentieth Century Classics edition 1999
1939 text; with introduction by John Bishop
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Modern Classics edition 2000
1939 text; with introduction by Seamus Deane
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“Restored” edition (Penguin Modern Classics) 2012 — hardcover
“corrected” by Danis Rose and John O’Hanlon and reset without regard to original pagination
Wordsworth Classics (UK) (paperback)
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1st published 2012
1939 text; with introduction and notes by Len Platt
Oxford University Press (UK) (paperback, Oxford World’s Classics)
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1st published 2012
newly set incorporating author’s corrections and keeping pagination of original; edited with list of variants by Robbert-Jan Henkes and Erik Bindervoet; introduction, chapter outline, and bibliography by Finn Fordham; James Joyce chronology by Jeri Johnson
Alma Classics (UK) (paperback)
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1st published 2020
1939 text; with introduction by Sam Slote
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