JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish novelist, one of the most influential and important writers of the 20

JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish novelist, one of the most influential and important writers of the 20

'Happy New Year!'

JOYCE JAMES: (1882-1941) Irish novelist, one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. A fine dark fountain pen ink signature ('James Joyce') on a 4to page removed from an album. Joyce has added a sentiment in Russian above his signature, 'Happy New Year!', and also added the place and date, Paris, 1st January 1938, in his hand. Rare. VG Provenance: The present page originates from the personal autograph album of Marina Chaliapin (1912-2009), the daughter of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), widely regarded as one of the finest bass singers of the 20th century, and his mistress Marina Petsold (1882-1964) who became the singer's second wife in 1927. Chaliapin's daughter was married to Luigi Freddi (1895-1977) the Italian journalist and politician who edited the journal Il Popolo d'Italia and who was also hugely influential in Italian political cinema in the second half of the 1930s and beginning of the 1940s.