ABSTRACT
In the first five years of James Joyce's work in progress, the pre-book publications had appeared in magazines and collections. The first separate publication was Anna Livia Plurabelle. 'Anna Livia Plurabelle' had already appeared in Le Navire d'Argent and in Two Worlds, but this did not prevent Joyce from making changes and adding passages. Joyce seems to have been quite keen on the publication of Anna Livia Plura-belle as a separate book. The letter ends with a paragraph assuring Wells that all the copyright matters have been taken care of: The A. L. P. piece is copyright in the USA having been specially set up by American printers in three copies, two deposited in the Library at Washington and one for the writer, by arrangement of the American lawyers of Messrs. While the press was making up its mind about what to think of Joyce's new work, T. S. Eliot suggested Faber and Faber might re-issue Anna Livia Plurabelle.
