8vo, first edition in German, translated by George Goyert, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOYCE TO HIS BROTHER'S FIANCEE NELLY LICHTENSTEIGER ("To | Nelly | from | Jim | Paris | 10.iv.926"), original cream wrappers printed in black, glassine jacket, wrappers partially detached, backstrip slightly torn, occasional browning to some leaves

The author's future sister-in-law Nelly Lichtensteiger, inscription; thence by descent 

Slocum & Cahoon D43

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The long expected visit of Joyce's brother Stanislaus to see his brother and his family at 2 Square Robiac, Paris in April 1926 is recorded in Ellmann's biography. Although Nelly--then his fianceé--does not appear to have accompanied him, it must have been during this visit that Joyce inscribed this copy of the Portrait of the Artist  (the German edition, suitably) for his brother to take back to her. Stanislaus found his brother surrounded by admirers, and was his "usual unconciliatory self" (Ellmann, p.578): he thought Joyce beset by sycophants, that he was too moneyed and pampered, that he "drank and played with words too much" (op.cit.). Commenting on his brother's follow-up to Ulysses Stanislaus remarked, "You have done the longest day in literature, and now you are  conjuring up the deepest night" (quoted by Ellmann, op.cit.). Ellmann notes that this was the first determined attack by an intimate upon Finnegans Wake. Perhaps, therefore, it is not surprising that this copy of the German edition of Portrait should be inscribed to Nelly alone (whom Joyce at this time had not yet met), and not also to Stannie. However it is perhaps striking that having not yet met Nelly he should still sign himself  "Jim", as he was wont to do only for the closest members of his family.

Stanislaus became engaged to his former student Nelly Lichtensteiger in September 1925, and they were married on 13 August 1928 (ending, on Stanislaus's part, over forty-two years of celibacy).  For part of their honeymoon they travelled to Salzburg, where Nelly was introduced to Stanislaus's famous brother for the first time (Joyce was visiting the city with Stuart and Moune Gilbert). Nelly and Stanislaus's son James wa⭕s born on 14 February 1943.