THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: Printed for The Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, 1922.
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JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London: Printed for The Egoist Press, London by John Rodker, Paris, 1922.
4o. Buckram, front and back wrappers bound in, uncut (some light rubbing).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 501 of 2,000 copies on handmade paper, of Joyce's masterpiece, printed in Dijon from the original plates. Harriet Weaver, publisher of The Egoist, sent Joyce an advance of £200 for this edition, and described its printing in a letter to the Joyce collector and bibliographer, John Slocum: "When Miss Sylvia Beach's first edition of Ulysses was exhausted in the summer of 1922, the Egoist Press bought from her the plates that had been made by the French printers and fixed up a somewhat curious edition. Printed in Dijon by those printers [Darantiere] it was, as announced on the title page, 'Published by the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris,' the edition, a private one like Miss Beach's, comprising 2,000 copies. John Rodker hired a room in Paris to act as office. Copies from the printers were delivered to him there and he dispatched by post to all the people who had given us direct orders for the book, including persons in the U.S.A. and elsewhere abroad" (Ellmann, 521). Slocum notes that 500 copies were sent to America and were "reported seized and burned by United States government authorities," a recovered copy of which accompanies this lot. Slocum & Cahoon A18.
[With:] Another copy. (Disbound, burned at edges.) Number 1,223 of 2,000. A CURIOUS SURVIVAL OF THE AMERICAN CONFISCATION OF 'ULYSSES'. (2)
4o. Buckram, front and back wrappers bound in, uncut (some light rubbing).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 501 of 2,000 copies on handmade paper, of Joyce's masterpiece, printed in Dijon from the original plates. Harriet Weaver, publisher of The Egoist, sent Joyce an advance of £200 for this edition, and described its printing in a letter to the Joyce collector and bibliographer, John Slocum: "When Miss Sylvia Beach's first edition of Ulysses was exhausted in the summer of 1922, the Egoist Press bought from her the plates that had been made by the French printers and fixed up a somewhat curious edition. Printed in Dijon by those printers [Darantiere] it was, as announced on the title page, 'Published by the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, Paris,' the edition, a private one like Miss Beach's, comprising 2,000 copies. John Rodker hired a room in Paris to act as office. Copies from the printers were delivered to him there and he dispatched by post to all the people who had given us direct orders for the book, including persons in the U.S.A. and elsewhere abroad" (Ellmann, 521). Slocum notes that 500 copies were sent to America and were "reported seized and burned by United States government authorities," a recovered copy of which accompanies this lot. Slocum & Cahoon A18.
[With:] Another copy. (Disbound, burned at edges.) Number 1,223 of 2,000. A CURIOUS SURVIVAL OF THE AMERICAN CONFISCATION OF 'ULYSSES'. (2)