1925. Written to Lloyd Morris on June 3, and accepting an invitation for the following evening. Joyce had just moved into a new flat at 2 Square Robiac, off 192 rue de Grenelle, which would prove to be the Paris address at which he lived the longest, staying there until 1931. Since he moved in in "early June," according to his biographer, this must have been one of his first days there. Lloyd Morris was an expatriate American essayist and author of critical works on Edward Arlington Robinson and Irish poetry, among other subjects, and later in life he wrote a series of volumes on American history and culture. His 1943 book, A Threshold in the Sun, recounts a visit to Carnac that Morris and his mother took together with Joyce and Nora Barnacle in 1924 -- the year before this letter. Signed, "Sincerely yours, James Joyce." Notepaper folded in half to 5-1/2" x 7" and halved again; near fine. Matted and framed with hand-addressed mailing envelope to 11-1/2" x 18-1/4". Autograph material by Joyce is scarce. [#026765] SOLD

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