Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
Books, Manuscripts and Music from Medieval to Modern
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July 19, 02:02 PM GMT
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James Joyce
Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1936
DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, NO. 91/100, large 8vo, title in blue and black, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, edges uncut, mould-made paper, publisher's prospectus "Final and definitive edition" tipped in, calf vellum gilt by the Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co., spine gilt, stamped with Homeric bow design after Eric Gill, top edges gilt, original decorative slipcase with paper label, in modern blue clamshell box, minor wear to joints, decorative slipcase worn at edges, spotting to paper label
This edition was based on the second impression of the Odyssey Press edition of 1933, with the addition of appendices: "International Protest" and "Injunction against Samuel Roth," a letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf with other materials on the court case which lifted the ban on publication, and Pertzhoff's "Bibliography."