The primary editions of Finnegans Wake


Faber & Faber (UK) 
  • 1st published 1939
    • limited edition 2 February
    • trade edition 4 May with some corrections 
  • "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake" 1945
    (16-page booklet of author's corrections) 
  • reprinted 1946, 1948, 1949
    marginal text of pp. 260-308 reset with some layout errors 
  • new edition 1950
    incorporating author's corrections;
    with appendix listing new errors
     
  • 3rd edition 1964
    incorporating corrections of 1950 edition,
    marginal text layout of pp. 260-308 partially corrected
     
  • paperback, 1975
    marginal text layout of pp. 260-308 wholly corrected 

Viking Press (USA) 
  • 1st published 1939 (trade edition 4 May)
  • "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake" 1945
    (16-page booklet of author's corrections) 
  • 4th printing 1945
    with 28-page appendix listing author's corrections 
  • 8th printing 1958
    incorporating author's corrections 
  • Compass Books edition 1959
    paperback, reprinted 15 times 1961-1975 

Penguin Books (paperback; Penguin bought Viking in 1975) 
  • 1st published 1976
  • Centennial edition 1982
  • G. P. Putnam's Sons edition? (Penguin bought Putnam Berkley in 1996) 
  • Twentieth Century Classics edition 1999
    1939 text; with introduction by John Bishop 
  • Modern Classics edition 2000
    1939 text; with introduction by Seamus Deane 

Wordsworth Classics (UK) (paperback) 
  • 1st published 2012
    1939 text; with introduction and notes by Len Platt 


This list is compiled from scant resources.
If you have anything to add or corrections to make, please
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