The James Joyce Tower Collection
The James Joyce Tower Collection offers an intimate portrait of Joyce’s life, work, and lasting influence. Housed in the Martello Tower where Ulysses begins, the collection spans personal belongings, rare editions, letters, photographs, and ephemera connected with Joyce’s world — from Dublin to Trieste, Zurich and Paris.
What began as a modest tribute now stands as one of the most distinctive literary collections in Ireland, expanded through decades of generous donations and curatorial care.
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Tie owned by James Joyce and given to Samuel Beckett 1929/30
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Mornings in Florence by John Ruskin 1894, inscribed by James Joyce 1898
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Bust of James Joyce by Milton Hebald
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The Weavers by Gerhart Hauptmann 1899, inscribed by James Joyce 1900
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James Joyce's last cane
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Two Essays by F.J.C. Skeffington & James A. Joyce, 1901
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Original iron key of the Tower
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Original death mask of James Joyce by Paul Speck 1941
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What is the Use of Reviving Irish? by Dermot Chenevix Trench 1907
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Chamber Music by James Joyce 1923, inscribed by Joyce to Charlie and Annie
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Gas From A Burner by James Joyce 1912
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James Joyce's wallet
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Guitar owned by James Joyce and given to Paul Ruggiero
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, first UK edition 1917
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Dubliners by James Joyce 1922, inscribed by Joyce to Paul and Bertha Ruggiero 1923
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Exiles by James Joyce, first edition 1918
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Verbannte by James Joyce 1919
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The Little Review March 1918
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Original postcard from James Joyce to George Dempsey 20 December 1917
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Prospectus of first edition of Ulysses, Shakespeare & Company 1921
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Portrait of James Joyce by Gabriel Schmitz 1992
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The London Mercury January 1922
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Two Worlds Monthly, Vol 1 No 1, 1926
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Original photograph of 'Throwaway' by Clarence Hailey
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Coal cellar cover from 7 Eccles Street
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Notice of readings from Ulysses and lecture by Valery Larbaud, 7 December 1921
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Plumtree's Potted Meat pot
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Ulysses by James Joyce, illustrated by Henri Matisse, Limited Editions Club, New York 1935, No 284/1500
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Prospectus of first French translation of Ulysses, La Maison des Amis de Livres 1928/29
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James Joyce and the Making of Ulysses by Frank Budgen, first edition, Grayson & Grayson 1934
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Pomes Penyeach by James Joyce, first edition, Shakespeare and Company 1927
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Notes by James Joyce for Finnegans Wake on Shakespeare & Company notepaper
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Our Exagmination Round his Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress by Samuel Beckett et al, limited first edition (28/96), Shakespeare and Company 1929
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James Joyce's cabin trunk c.1931
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Le Navire d'Argent 1.5, 1 October 1925
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Tales Told of Shem and Shaun by James Joyce, first edition, No 456/650, Black Sun Press 1929
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The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies by James Joyce, first edition (No 568/1000), Servire Press 1934
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Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce, Faber and Faber 1930
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Haveth Childers Everywhere by James Joyce, Faber and Faber 1931, inscribed by Joyce to Samuel Beckett
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Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, first edition, Faber and Faber 1939
