Lot 132
- 132
Joyce, James
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Joyce, James
- Ulysses. Egoist Press, 1922
- paper
4to, first English edition (printed in France), number 1310 of 2000 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, light browning, minor repair to half-title, minor tears and loss to final leaf, lacking "Errata"
Literature
Slocum and Cahoon 18
Catalogue Note
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'.