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James Joyce. Ulysses. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922.8vo. Publisher's original blue paper wrappers printed in white, bound-in to a custom binding of full blue crushed morocco with five raised bands, spine stamped in gilt, inner dentelles with a double-gilt rule, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, England (stamp-signed in gilt). With a custom slipcase of blue cloth, edged in matching blue crushed morocco.
FIRST EDITION, number 388 of 750 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 1,000. Recorded by Sylvia Beach in her Ulysses notebook as purchased by one "Brian Rhys" on February 18, [1922] for 150 Francs. Rhys appears to have lived and worked in Paris, translating French texts into English.
Condition: Spine unevenly but mildly sunned, some sunning to front and rear boards, mild edgewear. Original front and rear wrappers bound-in, bright and with only mild toning to margins, some minor edgewear. Textblock somewhat toned, first leaf following front wrapper reinforced in the gutter margin, a few early leaves with minor losses skillfully repaired.
References: Slocum & Cahoon A17. And see Horowitz, James Joyce: Sylvia Beach's Ulysses Notebook (1996), p. 124.
Provenance: Brian Rhys (bookplate to early flyleaf).
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2024 October 10 - 11 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6289 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2024
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