English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations
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July 9, 03:33 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JOYCE, JAMES
Ulysses. Egoist Press, 1922
4to, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (PRINTED IN FRANCE), NUMBER 1,310 OF 2,000 COPIES, full green morocco gilt signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with strips of black morocco onlays and featuring wavy line design, burgundy lettering pieces on spine, top edge gilt, slipcase in green and black morocco, green endpapers, lacking "Errata", light browning, minor repair to half-title, minor tears and loss to final leaf
As noted by Slocum and Cahoon, 'this edition was printed from the plates of the original edition'. 500 copies were, apparently, sent to America which 'were reported seized and burned by United States government authorities'.
LITERATURE:
Slocum and Cahoon 18
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