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Ulysses

by JOYCE, JAMES

$75,000 · Offered by Biblio

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London: The Bodley Head, 1936. Book. Illus. by Eric Gill. Near Fine. Full Vellum. Signed by Author(s). Limited Edition. Full cream (calf) vellum with gilt title to spine and the famous Eric Gill designed bow in gilt to front and rear panels. Housed in patterned cardboard slipcase which has in turn been put in a gilt lettered grey morocco clamshell box. This edition limited to 100 copies signed by James Joyce on mould-made paper. This copy #7.(lucky seven). Laid in is original prospectus. Vellum is uniformly in great condition Top edge gilt is fine. Cardboard slipcase shows wear especially at extremities . Grey morocco clamshell box is still in near fine condition. This edition with the textual improvements from the editions of Paris in the 1920 s has become quite scarce . A nicer copy would be hard to find..

  • Publisher: The Bodley Head
  • Year: 1936
  • Edition: Limited Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover

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