ulysses, james joyce

Buchbeschreibung: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Softcover. Buchzustand: Wie neu. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Original blue printed wrappers. 4to. This is number 986 of the edition of 750 numbered copies (of a total edition of 1000 copies). Very minor wear to extremities of the spine, else a lovely copy: uncut, mostly unopened and untouched by any restorer. Small contemporary portrait of Joyce by C. Rup mounted on the recto of the half-title together with the neat signature of Frank Layton, who bought this copy on the 16th of March in 1922 according to Sylvia Beach's "Ulysses" Notebook. It formed part of the Allan D. McGuire Collection of Cyril Connolly's "The Modern Movement - 100 Key Books from England, France and America 1880-1950" and was also exhibited in the "Allspace in a Notshall" Exhibition in Zürich in 1991. Complete with a beautiful three-quarter morocco slipcase and all the documentation of provenance and exhibtion. The Book of Books on any list of modern fiction and a great and funny read at that, which comes here in beautiful condition and with a full record of provenance. CHF 100000. This item is part of our Catalogue 10: James Joyce, a copy of which you can order from us at YGRbookS. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 000171

Buchbeschreibung: Paris: Shakespeare & Company, 1922. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies. Thick quarto. Original blue and white wrappers. Although the horizontal sewing bands across the spine show a bit of the inevitable rubbing, as do the other spine extremities, and there is some narrow surface splitting along portions of the outer wrapper fold along the lower joint, this is a near fine copy, internally fresh and largely unopened, the wrappers not significantly soiled or faded, and wholly unrestored. In a custom quarter morocco box. This is copy #992, and has laid in the front panel of the original prospectus with the tipped-on reproduction of the 1918 photo of Joyce by C. Ruf. The front panel of the prospectus has been amended, as often, to indicate the book "is now ready," and the original buyer must have jumped at the opportunity, as the order panel of the prospectus has been neatly cut away. Sisley Huddleston's 5 March 1922 review from The Observer is also laid in (though both items are in prophylactic sleeves that have prevented any offsetting). Also laid into the slipcase is some correspondence relating to the sale of this copy in 1972 by Duschnes in New York City. A very sharp copy. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 1705

Buchbeschreibung: John Lane The Bodley Head/London, 1936. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Wie neu. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. First Edition printed in England. Fine (vellum boards a tiny bit soiled, but a fine copy) in a near fine original box, which is lightly worn at the corners, as almost always. No. 69 of 100 numbered copies signed by Joyce, printed on mould-made paper and bound in calf vellum out of a total edition of 1'000. With the Bodley Head's printed announcement of publication laid in. Housed in a beautiful, dark blue custom-made folding case. CHF 70'000. This item is part of our Catalogue 10: James Joyce, a copy of which you can order from us at YGRbookS. Signatur des Verfassers. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 000522

Buchbeschreibung: Paris Shakespeare Press Paris, 1922. First edition, number 619 of 750 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 1000 copies. Original 'Greek flag' blue-green wrappers, lettered in white to upper cover. A very good copy indeed with bright colouring which shows a little wear to the spine ends and a couple of paper repairs to the spine. Internally clean and fresh. A well preserved example of a fragile book. Housed in a custom-made chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. The author's most famous work and tour de force of modern literature. On the recommendation of Ezra Pound, Margaret Andersen serialised the novel in her "Little Review" between 1918 and 1921. Although the serialisation was completed, it ultimately finished The Little Review and led to its editors being tried for obscenity. As a result of this debacle, Joyce feared that even should he be able to find a publisher, the act of serialisation and the stigma attached to the following court case would make the novel unsaleable. It was to Sylvia Beach and her small Parisian bookshop, Shakespeare and Company that Joyce turned. Beach, like Andersen before her, had immediately seen the genius in Ulysses, and wrote to her mother that she might be soon to publish "the most important book of the age". It was decided to publish 1000 copies by subscription. 100 copies on Holland handmade paper (signed), 150 copies on vergé d'Arches and 750 copies on linen. A further 20 copies were produced, unwrappered on mixed paper and marked, "press copy". A printer was found in Maurice Darantière of Dijon and publication was planned for October. The printing process was not nearly as straightforward as anticipated, due in part to Joyce's continual rewriting of the text and his and Beach's perfectionism in the printing process. The publication date was continually moved back and eventually 2 February 1922, Joyce's birthday, was settled upon. But even then only two copies were ready, sent by Darantière via the Paris-Dijon express. One was put on display at Shakespeare and Company and the other taken, unopened by Joyce, to his birthday celebrations at the Italian restaurant, Ferrari's. "He had brought with him a package containing his copy of Ulysses, and placed it under his chair. Nora remarked that he had thought about the book for sixteen years, and spent seven years writing it. Everyone asked to see it opened, but he seemed to shrink from producing it. After the dessert he at last untied the parcel and laid the book on the table. It was bound in the Greek colours - white letters on a blue field - that he considered lucky for him, and suggesting the myth of Greece and Homer, the white island raising from the sea. There was a toast to the book and its author which left Joyce deeply moved" (Richard Ellman - James Joyce). The remaining copies were delivered in tranches and all 1000 of the first edition were sold within a month. It is now recognised as one of the key works of the twentieth century and the defining work of the modernist movement. ".like a ruined temple soaring from a jungle." - Cyril Connolly (100 Key Books of the Modern Movement) Slocum A17; Connolly 42. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 27208

Buchbeschreibung: London John Lane, The Bodley Head 1936, 1936. First authorized English edition; one of 100 copies signed by Joyce (of a total edition of 1000) printed on mould-made paper bound in vellum. 8vo, luxuriously bound in a beautiful designed binding by Eric Gill of full vellum with his gilt decorations of a bow on the upper cover, and a gilt titled spine, t.e.g. Housed in the original publishers patterned boards slipcase. 766. A very fine copy. One of the most handsome we have seen. VERY IMPORTANT LITERARY FIRST. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. This an extremely impressive copy of the first authorized English edition, signed by Joyce. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST EDITION of ULYSSES PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN. The superb binding executed In full vellum has been especially designed for this great book. DESIGNS FOR THE BINDING, EXECUTED IN GILT WERE DESIGNED BY ERIC GILL. The typeface is extremely attractive and very readable, the printing on fine paper makes the book unusually handsome and presents what is perhaps the most beautiful printing of ULYSSES ever accomplished. Along with the text, there are a series of appendices attached including copies of the International Protest against the unauthorized and mutilated printings of ULYSSES done especially in the United States; a copy of the injunction issued to prevent Samuel Roth from continuing his piracies of ULYSSES; a copy of JoyceÕs letter to Bennet Cerf concerning the promotion, legal fight and publication of ULYSSES on the authorÕs behalf; a copy of the decison of the US District Court which was rendered on December 6, 1933 which lifted the ban on ULYSSES and a copy of the subsequent decision of the US Court of Appeals rendered in August of the following year which upheld the original decision; a copy of the forward to the first American editon and a bibiography of the works of James Joyce. ULYSSES can be viewed as the pinnacle of the Modernist movement, and its impact on all subsequent western literature is unmistakable. Such writers as Virginia Woolf, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Samuel Beckett, Malcolm Lowry, and Anthony Burgess have all paid tribute, consciously or unconsciously, to Joyce's influence. Burgess as well pronounced it the greatest single work in the English literature of this century, and he is not alone in that opinion. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 20503

Buchbeschreibung: London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]., 1936. Large, thick quarto. Full cream colored calf vellum decorated in gilt with a Homeric bow designed by Eric Gill, t.e.g., others untrimmed. A fine copy, without the publisher's card case, but enclosed in a morocco-faced parchment over boards slipcase, with gilt lettered morocco backed chemise. First edition printed in the U.K., presenting the text based on the second impression of the Odyssey Press edition. From a total edition of one thousand copies, this is copy #27 of one hundred deluxe copies printed on mould-made paper, signed by the author. In addition to the main text, three appendices are included, reprinting documents relating to the Roth piracy and injunction, as well as material pertinent to the Random House edition: Joyce's letter to Cerf, Woolsey's decision, and Morris Ernst's foreword. A third appendix consists of a preliminary bibliography of Joyce's work by Peter Pertzoff. Regarded by many as the most beautiful of the early editions of ULYSSES. SLOCUM & CAHOON A23. MODERN MOVEMENT 42. Buchnummer des Verkäufers WRCLIT 63347

Buchbeschreibung: London Bodley Head, 1936. First authorized English edition. One of 100 copies on mould made paper, bound in vellum and signed by Joyce; this copy unnumbered, designated 'Presentation Copy'. Binding designed by Eric Gill with gilt titles to the spine and gilt Homeric bow to the upper cover. Top edge gilt. Original decorated card slipcase with title label to upper board. A near fine copy, with a few spots to the spine and some minor foxing to the prelims, but a very well preserved example. Slipcase showing minor wear. Housed in custom made outer slipcase. Title page printed in blue. Although Ulysses was first published in Paris in 1922, it was not until the 1933 decision in the US District Court that Ulysses was not obscene, overturning the earlier successful prosecution of The Little Review for serialising the book, that legitimate publication in Britain and America was possible. For the first UK publication of this now notorious work, it was decided to limit publication to 1000 copies, paralleling the 1922 publication, with the first 100 on special paper and signed by Joyce. The edition contains appendices relating to the legal case surrounding publication and the first bibliography of Joyce. It is generally considered that this issue is the most beautiful production of the work. Slocum & Cahoon A23. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 27915

Buchbeschreibung: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935, 1935. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF ULYSSES, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH JAMES JOYCE AND HENRI MATISSE; one of the most celebrated books of the twentieth century. The Limited Editions Club’s Ulysses is the first illustrated Ulysses and “one of the very few American livres de peintres issued before World War II. According to George Macy, who undertook this only American publication of Matisse's illustrations, he asked the artist how many etchings the latter could provide for five thousand dollars. The artist chose to take six subjects from Homer's Odyssey. The preparatory drawings reproduced with the soft-ground etchings (Matisse's only use of this medium) record the evolution of the figures from vigorous sketches to closely knit, if less spontaneous, compositions" (The Artist and the Book, 197). Illustrated by Matisse with twenty-six plates, consisting of six soft-ground etchings, printed by hand, and twenty lithographic drawings, made as studies for the etchings, printed on thin colored papers. One of only 250 copies signed by both Joyce and Matisse (the remaining 1250 copies of the edition were signed only by Matisse). New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Quarto, original brown buckram embossed in gold on front cover and spine from a design by LeRoy H. Appleton; top edge sprinkled brown, others uncut; original slipcase. Minor wear to slipcase. A FINE COPY. For more information and images, please visit our website. Signed by Author(s). Buchnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1412992311

Buchbeschreibung: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935., 1935. Quarto. Cloth, decorated in gilt and blind. Illustrated with six original etchings, accompanied by reproductions of the preliminary sketches. Trace of slight darkening along endsheet gutters, otherwise a fine, bright copy, without foxing to the etchings, in somewhat darkened slipcase with bruises at tips and cracks at joints of top panel. Modern half morocco and cloth folding clamshell case. First American printing of the corrected Odyssey Press text. From an edition of 1500 numbered copies, signed by Matisse, this is one of only 250 copies signed as well by Joyce. A textually significant edition, whatever the shortcomings of its design (by George Macy) and the inappropriateness of the illustrations (Matisse illustrated Homer rather than Joyce, a factor allegedly contributing to Joyce's reluctance to sign the entire edition). "One of the very few American livres de peintres issued before World War II. According to George Macy, who undertook this only American publication of Matisse's illustrations, he asked the artist how many etchings the latter could provide for five thousand dollars. The artist chose to take six subjects from Homer's Odyssey. The preparatory drawings reproduced with the soft-ground etchings (Matisse's only use of this medium) record the evolution of the figures from vigorous sketches to closely knit, if less spontaneous, compositions" - Artist & The Book. SLOCUM & CAHOON A22. ARTIST & THE BOOK 197. Buchnummer des Verkäufers WRCLIT 63337

Buchbeschreibung: New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition thus. SIGNED by the AUTHOR and the ARTIST. Folio. Original brown cloth, gilt decoration and titles to upper board and spine from a design by Le Roy Anderson. Top edge speckled brown. A lovely NEAR FINE clean and tight copy with only minor partial browning to the endpapers and some cracking to the front hinge. In the worn original publishers card slipcase. One of around 250 copies of the total edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by both the author and the artist. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 7893

Buchbeschreibung: Shakespeare and Company 12, Rue de l`Odéon, 12 Paris 1922. Printed for Sylvia Beach by Maurice Darantiere at Dijon, France. 8:o. First edition. No 695 of 750 numbered copies on handmade paper. (10, first 2 blank),732,(4, 3 blank) pages. Contemporary brown full morocco, spine with five raised bands, title and year gilt. Top edge gilt, else uncut. Inner dentelles. Boards with double lines in blind. Edges of boards gilt. Front wrapper bound at end. Light wear to upper outer joints. Light scratch lower board. Lower part of boards slightly affected by water, last few leaves also very slightly touched at lower margin, hardly visible. (J. Forbes, Binder). 24,5 x 19,5 cm.*The first edition was printed in 1.000 copies: 100 copies (signed) on Dutch handmade paper numbered from 1 to 100; 150 copies on vergé d`Arches numbered from 101-250; 750 copies on handmade paper numbered from 251-1000.[#\53029]. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 53029

Buchbeschreibung: Shakespeare and Company, Paris, 1922. 1/2 morocco. First Edition. The true First Printing of this modern classic. Copy #482 of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper of a total edition of only 1000. Bound without the original blue paper covers in half brown morocco with matching corners, spine lettered in gilt, with a matching half morocco slipcase. A very nice copy priced very attractively because the half title and title pages are in expert facsimile. There is also a facsimile corner repair to one page. The initial and rear blanks as well as the colophon leaf at the end are lacking; the limitation leaf at the beginning is original. In order to bring the book into an English-speaking country before 1934, a number of people evidently tore off the wraps and title pages to smuggle it in through customs. If you can live with this, you will have on your shelf perhaps the most notable work of fiction written in the twentieth century at a price you are not likely to encounter elsewhere. Despite the defects, Very Good in a handsome slipcase. Scarce. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 012308

Buchbeschreibung: John Lane The Bodley Head. London.,1936, 1936. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.2 x 8.1 inches). First London Edition. One of 900 numbered copies printed on Japon vellum paper. This is number 104. A truly fine copy in publishers full green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Homeric bow, designed by Eric Gill, gilt stamped to the front board.Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In a fine dustwrapper which reproduces the Homeric bow in red to the spine. Original price of £3. 3. 0. to the inner front flap. Both panels lettered in black. Inner front flap with details of this edition printed in black. A remarkable copy of this legendary book. Quite simply a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. The book is housed in a chemise and attractive black leather spined slip-case of black morocco with raised bands and gilt lettering. The boards covered in black cloth.:. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 7303

Buchbeschreibung: Paris: Shakespeare and Company, ., 1927. Oblong octavo. Original blue wrappers. Extremities somewhat shelfworn, with small sliver loss at crown of lower joint, a few creases to spine, otherwise a very good copy. Half morocco folding slipcase, with inner cloth chemise. The 9th printing, printed from the wholly new and corrected setting of type prepared for the eight edition. Inserted in front of this copy (by unknown parties, at a time unknown, and for unknown reasons) is an extra leaf signed by the author: "James Joyce Paris 2-6-28.". Buchnummer des Verkäufers WRCLIT 51592

Buchbeschreibung: New York: Two Worlds Publishing Company, 1926-1927, 1926. Soft cover. Buchzustand: Near Fine. FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE U.S., PIRATED EDITION. Published in six parts over four volumes, separated into eleven books. After the struggle in getting Ulysses initially published, which resulted in Sylvia Beach's printing in Paris, problems were still not resolved in America. The ban on the book prompted the publication in Samuel Roth's Two World's monthly "an expurgated version of Joyce's Ulysses without the author's permission and without paying for reproduction rights." (The New York Times). In response, 167 authors, including Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Somerset Maugham, and T.S. Eliot, signed a letter of protest in defense of the author. Publishers, seeing how many important people were defending the book, and taking into account its popularity in Two Worlds Monthly began to solicit Joyce for publication of Ulysses in America. After a prolonged battle with Sylvia Beach, who at the time held the rights to publication, Joyce made a deal with Random House. Its appearance in America then sparked the famous court case United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses, where Judge John M. Woolsey decided that "whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses of the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted into the United States." New York: Two Worlds Publishing Company, 1926-1927. Octavo, original wrappers, spines slightly worn and covers toned. Published in four volumes, which are divided into eleven issues in very good condition. Rare. For more information and images, please visit our website. Buchnummer des Verkäufers ABE-5170425651

Buchbeschreibung: Egoist Press London [Paris] 1922, 1922. Soft cover. Buchzustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is an exceptional copy in near fine condition. First English edition, printed in October 1922. 736 pp. Printed by John Rodker in Paris from the first edition plates for The Egoist Press, London. One of 2000 press numbered copies, of which 500 copies were reportedly destroyed by U.S. Customs officials. Laid into this copy is the rare unopened eight-page errata sheet. Bound in the original printed blue wrappers which show only very light rubbing along outer hinges, and minor corner wear. Clean and bright inside and out with no marks, no foxing or darkening to pages. Housed in a custom quarter morocco clamshell case. A great copy. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 5301

Buchbeschreibung: London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936, 1936. Thick royal octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, twin rule to boards gilt, greek keys to turn-ins gilt, jap vellum doublures and endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a dark blue leather entry slipcase. A fine copy. First UK Edition. The entire edition was limited to 1000 copies only, of which this is one of 900 numbered copies. This was the first issue to be entirely produced in Britain, with an appendix with documents relating to the legal history of Ulysses and with a bibliography. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 47333

Buchbeschreibung: John Rodker the Egoist Press, Paris, 1922. Leather. Buchzustand: VG+. 1st UK Issue. Large Octavo. Full turquoise leather with white titles to match the original wraps which are bound in. This is the 2nd printing of Ulysses in October 1922 after Sylvia Beach's landmark 1st publication (Shakespeare & Co) in February 1922. Limited edition of 2000 copies of which this is number 1245. Five hundred copies were supposedly destroyed by British customs. Errata bound in. Some browning to edges of the paper but a very nice clean copy beautifully bound. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 19306

Buchbeschreibung: Samuel and Max Roth, New York, 1929. Trade Paperback. Buchzustand: Good with no dust jacket. First US Edition; First Printing. This copy survived water damage from fire due to previous clamshell box. Professionally restored and ozoned, but some wood smoke scent when opening pages. Chip to top corner of front cover, fragments of spine covering laid on to new spine, chip to bottom corner of rear cover. Some unopened pages. Some text damp-wrinkling, with some dampstaining primarily in margins (see scan). Solid trade paperback.; Modern custom clamshell box, with leather spine label with gilt lettering. Slocum and Cahoon 19. The First American edition (unauthorized). Although title page claims to be the 1927 Paris printing from Shakespeare and Company, this copy has all the proper points as the pirated American first. Most notably, the list of books By the Same Writer has publisher Jonathan Cape mispelled as "Jonthan Cape" (see scan) and there is no title and author on the spine. John J Slocum and Herbert Cahoon; A Bibliography of James Joyce [1882-1941]; 1953 Yale University Press. Slocum and Cahoon state that about 2,000-3,000 copies were printed by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger of New York for Samuel Roth, publisher of Two Worlds and Two Worlds Monthly, and his brother Max Roth. "It was unauthorized by Joyce and sold illegally in the United States. Many copies of the piracy were seized by the Society for the Suppression of Vice on October 5, 1929." "Copies . reached Paris and were imported into the United States as genuine copies. One of these, sent by Joyce to Bennett A Cerf of Random House, was used in setting up the first authorized American edition of Ulysses" in 1934." It is unclear how many copies of this pirated edition survived and it is rarely offered for sale. In 2007, the Modern Library named Ulysses # 1 in their list of top 100 novels. Despite the condition issues, this is an opportunity to own the quite uncommon 1929 first American printing of James Joyce's Ulysses, a highspot of modern literature.; [viii], 736 pages. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 6340

Buchbeschreibung: New York: Two Worlds Publishing Company, [July 1926–September 1927], 1927. 11 volumes, octavo. Original white and fawn wrappers printed in red and black. Volume II number 4 with the original wrap-around band. A fine set. Unauthorized printing of 13 bowdlerized episodes from Ulysses by the New York publisher Samuel Roth (1893–1974). The set was originally released as 11 individual installments containing 13 episodes. It was later published as two bound volumes containing 14 episodes including the final installment (Volume III, number 4) that was never released separately and so is not included here. The publisher Samuel Roth was known for publishing sexually explicit literature and other underground material, including a pirated edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover. His pirating of Ulysses "resulted in considerable public indignation and provoked the 'International Protest' signed by 167 artists and writers and printed in transition I" (Slocum & Cahoon p. 100). Joyce was able to obtain an injunction against Roth, but not until after Two Worlds Monthly had already ceased publication. A fine set, exceptionally scarce in this condition. Slocum & Cahoon C68. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 67683

Buchbeschreibung: John Lane The Bodley Head. London.,1936, 1936. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Large 8vo.(10.3 x 7.9 inches). ONE OF 900 COPIES printed on Japon Vellum paper. This copy number 597, from a total edition of 1000 copies. xvi,768 pp(including blank leaves). Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, for Heritage Bookshop of Los Angeles, in recent full dark green morocco. Spine with five raised bands. Compartments lettered in gilt. Gilt reproduction of Eric Gill's Homeric Bow design on the front board. Gilt rule to board edges. Marbled endpapers. Ruled gilt border on inner boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a felt lined green cloth slip case. A fine copy of this wonderful edition. The first British edition- Printed in Bristol by Western Printing Services Ltd-, published fourteen years after the books first appearance and including details of the books difficult printing history and a bibliography of Joyce`s works up to date: Buchnummer des Verkäufers 7811

Buchbeschreibung: Paris, [New York] Shakespeare and Company, [by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger for Samuel Roth and Max Roth] 1927, [1929], 1929. The very rarely encountered true First American Edition (unauthorized), preceding the authorized edition by some five years and the first printing in England by seven years. Small 4to, in a handsome contemporary binding of three-quarter navy blue morocco over blue cloth covered boards, the spine featuring three elegant compartments with red morocco inlaid fleur-de-lis within a densely gilt-stippled field, two further compartments gilt lettered, each compartment gilt ruled and divided by gilt-stippled raised bands, additional gilt lettering at the tale, endpapers marbled, t.e.g, (6), 735 pp. A very nice copy in contemporary binding, the paper still quite fresh, clean and bright, the binding is handsome in spite of some light age wear along the edges and tips. SCARCE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (UNAUTHORIZED. The most important novel of the twentieth century . ULYSSES can be viewed as the pinnacle of the Modernist movement, and its impact on all subsequent western literature is unmistakable. Such writers as Virginia Woolf, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Samuel Beckett, Malcolm Lowry, and Anthony Burgess have all paid tribute, consciously or unconsciously, to Joyce's influence. Burgess as well pronounced it the greatest single work in the English literature of this century, and he is not alone in that opinion. According to James Spoerri, "This fortunate combination of printer and publisher resulted in the appearance of ULYSSES as a book whose physical aspect is particularly suited to its content. It is (an). inviting volume, the blue and white of its covers subtly evocative of the Greece whose epic it so closely parallels" (quoted in the catalogue for the Garden Sale, Sotheby's 1989). ÒThis pirated edition of ULYSSES is discussed at some length by R.F. Roberts in his pioneer article, ÒBibliographical Notes on James JoyceÕs ÔUlyssesÕ,Ó in the ÒColophonÓ, New York, NS. 1.4 (Spring, 1936) 565-579. Among the many points in which this piracy differs from the legitimate (Shakespeare and Co.) printing are the misprint ÒJonthanÓ for JonathanÓ (p.[2]), the reversal of the position of the fly title and divisional numeral I, the absence of title and author on the spine, and a very large number of typographical errors. On p. 323 of this piracy, for example, l.29 of the legitimate edition is inverted and inserted as the third line from the bottom. Roberts also states that ÒThe pagination is the same but the type font is perceptibly smaller; the paper is a considerably heavier stock and the book is consequently about one-eighth of an inch thicker.Ó This edition is not a copy of the photographic reproduction mentioned by Joyce in his letter to Bennett A Cerf, April 2, 1932, printed in the 1934 Random House edition of ULYSSES (A 21), but a piracy from new plates. The photographic reproduction mentioned by Joyce almost certainly never existed. Copies of this pirated.edition reached Paris and were imported into the United States as genuine copies. One of these, sent by Joyce to Bennett A. Cerf of Random House, was used in setting up the first authorized American edition of ULYSSES. This pirated editiion.was printed by Adolph and Rudolph Loewinger.for Samuel Roth, publisher of ÒTwo World and Two Worlds Monthly, and his brother Max Roth. It was unauthorized by Joyce and sold illegally in the United States. Many copies of this piracy were seized by the Society for the Suppression of Vice on October 5, 1929.Ó Slocum and Cahoon 28-29. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 23787

Buchbeschreibung: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first illustrated edition. [xvii], 363, [3] pp. Six soft-ground etchings by Matisse, 20 lithographic reproductions of Matisse's preliminary drawings printed on blue or yellow paper, headlines and pagination in sepia. Original brown cloth gilt. One of 1500 copies signed by Matisse. Original slipcase not present. Inner front and rear hinges tender and starting slightly, else a near fine copy of this landmark volume. The Artist and The Book 197. Slocum & Cahoon 22. Photographs available upon request. Signed by Author(s). Buchnummer des Verkäufers 236

Buchbeschreibung: London John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. One of 900 Copies JOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, [1936]. First English edition printed in England. One of 900 numbered copies printed on Japon vellum paper, out of a total edition of 1,000 copies, this being number 748. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 252 x 190 mm). xiii, [1, blank], [1], [1, blank], 765, [1], [2, blank] pp. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full green morocco. Front cover decoratively stamped in gilt with a Homeric bow (matching the original design), spine lettered in gilt in compartments, board edges ruled in gilt, turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers. A fine copy. Slocum and Cahoon A23. HBS 65768. $4,000. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 65768

Buchbeschreibung: Egoist Press - John Rodker, London & Paris, 1922. leather. Buchzustand: Near Fine. First Edition. The First English Edition, printed in France from the plates of the original edition. Copy #1120 of 2000 numbered copies printed on handmade paper, of which some 500 are supposed to have been seized and burnt by United States Customs officials though the evidence for this is not conclusive. In contemporary full gilt-ruled dark green morocco recently rebacked retaining nearly all of the original spine; gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. The original front blue wrap is bound in at the end. The eight pages of "Errata" are present. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 013427

Buchbeschreibung: New York: Random House, 1934., 1934. White cloth, stamped in red and black. Some light foxing to the cloth, small bookseller's original price ticket on rear pastedown, hence just about fine in an unusually fine example of the dust jacket. Cloth slipcase and chemise. First published printing of the authorized American edition, including the text of Judge Woolsey's decision, a foreword by Morris Ernst, and Joyce's letter of authorization to Bennett Cerf. Slocum & Cahoon record an initial printing of one hundred copies for copyright purposes, and a second printing for publication consisting of 10,300 copies. For the record, designer Reichl's name appears in the lower corner of the front panel of the dust jacket. SLOCUM & CAHOON A21. Buchnummer des Verkäufers WRCLIT 63521

Buchbeschreibung: pub. The Egoist Prees, London by John Rodker, Paris, 1922. 1st. UK edition: 2nd. edition, thus. 732-page text, plus printer's imprint page [ Printed by Maurice Darantiere at Dijon, France ], 8-page Errata loosely inserted Large format: [ 22.4 cm. x 17.5 cm.], limited to 2,000 copies on hand-made paper [this number 649], from the plates used for the first edition. Original blue paper wrappers, lettered in white to the front wrapper, all edges uncut: the extremities are very slightly worn, the very top fore-corner of the margin is slightly bumped [not affecting the text]. A solander case was made in blue cloth [in an attempt to match the wrappers], with a leather label, lettered & ruled in gilt. A very good copy indeed, in an excellent case. Buchnummer des Verkäufers K292

Buchbeschreibung: Privatdruck, Basel, 1927, 1927. 3 volumes, octavo. Original quarter brown calf, marbled paper boards, top edges gilt others untrimmed. Engraved bookplate to each front pastedown, tips very lightly rubbed but an excellent set. First German edition, the first publication of Ulysses in translation. From a total edition of 1000 numbered copies, this is one of an unspecified number bound in the quarter calf in three volumes. Slocum & Cahoon D45/2. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 35202

Buchbeschreibung: pub. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936. 766-page text Large format: [ 10 ins. x 7.5 ins.]. Original green linen buckram gilt, with Eric Gill's Homeric bow gilt decoration to front board, top edge gilt, other edges uncut: apart from a presentation inscription dated 1955 on the colophon page, this is an excellent copy, in dustjacket. The latter has been professionally repaired with conservation tissue where it was slightly defective: top & bottom of spine and top & bottom of fore-edges of fold-overs. However, the illustration in red of Gill's bow to the spine of the dustwrapper is fully visible. Apart from these repairs, the dustjacket is slightly worn but sound and good. A solander case, padded with grey felt, brown calf gilt spine, green buckram boards was made for this copy about 25 years ago; it is still in excellent condition. 1st. UK edition printed in UK: no.685 of only 900 copies on Japon Vellom Paper bound in Linen Buckram. Buchnummer des Verkäufers K291