06/16/2017
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First English Edition with Errata and Advertising Insert
(Printed in France)
89598. JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, 1922. [xii],736 pp. First English edition (printed in France): Limited to 2000 numbered copies on handmade paper; this copy is number 1321. This edition was printed from the plates of the original edition. The eight page "Errata" that was printed to accompanies this edition as well as an advertising insert from The Egoist Press (listing Joyce titles, prices and announcing Ulysses as "in preparation") are laid in. [xii],736 pp. Bound in original blue paper wrappers with 'ULYSSES | BY | JAMES JOYCE' printed in white on the front cover. The rear wrapper is slightly creased; pages are mostly unopened; text is clean. Glassine (possibly original) dust wrapper Housed in a modern clamshell box. A lovely copy with a little rubbing and nicks to the covers, but as nice a copy as you are likely to find. Seldom found with original wrappers. (Slocum & Cahoon 18).
T.S. ELIOT'S SECRETARY'S COPY
89607. JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1925. The seventh edition. 735 pp. (which includes the last 4 pages as "Additional corrections") Bound in original blue wrappers. Wear along the hinges, two small chips at the tail of the spine, and a tape repair inside the front flap of the front cover fold. Overall an appealing copy in a custom box.
This copy belonged to John Hayward with his ink signature on the front flyleaf. "For eleven years, from 1946 to 1957 (Hayward) shared a house with his close friend ... T.S.Eliot, gathering and archiving Eliot's papers." He compiled and edited Eliot's Poems Written in Earyl Youth. During this period he thought of himself as "The Keeper of the Eliot Archive." (Wikipedia John Day Hayward)
89608.JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927. The ninth printing. 735pp. A lovely copy in the original wrappers, scarce thus, housed in blue cloth covered custom box. A fine copy.
89609.JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1928. 10th printing. 735pp. 8vo., blue paper wrappers. There is a little wear along the hinges, with a small separation at the top right corner, a repaired tear to the top right corner of the front cover, with no loss. The wrappers are slightly faded. Overall a very good copy of a fragile book.
First English Edition
(Printed in France)
89610. JOYCE, James. ULYSSES. Paris: Published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, 1922. First English edition (printed in France): Limited to 2000 numbered copies on handmade paper; copy number 1506. Small 4to, [xii],736 pp (plus vi pages of bound in extranious sheets). boards, printed from the plates of the original edition, bound in black leather-covered boards.
This plain black binding was fairly common, replacing or hiding the original blue wrappers. It bears no title, in order to avoid detection by customs agents when the book was brought into the United States, often by individual travelers on the return from abroad.
A very good copy that shows some abrasion begining along the front edge of the rear board, some light wear along the extremes. The original blue paper wrappers with 'ULYSSES | BY | JAMES JOYCE' printed in white on front cover as well as the rear wrapper are preserved within the book. The front wrapper is creased with a little wear, fading and spotting; text is clean with a little spotting along the front edge and preliminary pages. (Slocum & Cahoon 18).
LIMITED SIGNED FINNEGANS WAKE
89650. JOYCE, James. FINNEGANS WAKE. London & New York:: Faber and Faber/Viking press, 1939. First Edition (limited). large octavo, red buckram. Number ### of 425 numbered copies specially printed and bound. Signed by the author, of which 125 were for the U.K. and 300 for the U.S. Including a first edition of the 1945 pamphlet "Corrections of Misprints in Finnegans Wake."
One of the most anticipated books of its day, a cornerstone of modern literature. A fine, lovely copy in the glassine jacket and yellow slipcase which has a slight bit of soil. (SLOCUM and CAHOON A.49, A53).
