Connolly, Thomas E. The Personal Library of James Joyce: A descriptive bibliography. 

Series Monographs in English, No.6, Vol.22, No.1.       

Buffalo, University of Buffalo, 1955.
8vo, 58 pp., [2] l.facs.

In original wrappers. Signed and inscribed inside front cover. 
In good condition, lightly sunned, minor soiling, owner mark to title, dampstain to lower corners.

Signed and inscribed by the author: ‘For Marshall A. Best / Sincerely, / Thomas E. Connolly 2/II/60’.

This is the first edition of the bibliography of James Joyce’s personal library, compiled by Thomas E. Connolly (1918–2002), a literary critic and professor of English at the University of Buffalo. In the winter of 1938–1939, Joyce significantly downsized his personal library in preparation for moving out of his Paris apartment. The surviving collection is believed to represent his 'working library'. In early autumn of 1950, the Lockwood Memorial Library at the University of Buffalo acquired Joyce’s collection, which comprised 468 items. Connolly not only compiled a complete list of the books and periodicals but also provided detailed and accurate descriptions of each item.
The bibliography is organized into several sections: books; periodicals containing items by or about Joyce; miscellaneous periodicals; and miscellaneous pamphlets. Of particular interest to Joyce scholars are three notable groups within the collection: dictionaries, presentation copies, and a unique selection of periodicals.
It is known that the first edition contains two errors: Item No. 248 should read, 'Faithfully translated from the French, with variorum notes, and numerous illustrations by Gustave Doré', and Item No. 404 — 'reviewed by Valery Larbaud' — should read 'revised by Valery Larbaud'. A corrected second edition was issued in 1957.
This copy is signed to Marshall A. Best (1901–1982), an editor at The Viking Press. Over the course of his long career, he became one of the firm’s leading editors and eventually served as chairman of its executive committee.