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JOYCE, JAMES - Ulysses
Starting Bid: $450
Estimate:
$600 - $1,000
Ended
Timed Auction
174: Rare Books
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Description
JOYCE, JAMES
Ulysses
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1936. First English edition. This is the first edition completely printed in the UK. Limited to 1000 copies of which 100 were signed, this copy No 960 of 900 unsigned copies. xiii, [3], 765, [1]. 250mm, printed on Japon vellum paper and bound in the original polished green buckram with gilt bow device designed by Eric Gill on front board. Exlibrary copy with library marks and stamps on front and back pages, top edge gilt, spine faded and discoloured, boards scuffed. Internally a few spots throughout and browning to the untrimmed edges. Contemporary clippings regarding the book and an obituary laid onto the endpapers.
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
Ulysses
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1936. First English edition. This is the first edition completely printed in the UK. Limited to 1000 copies of which 100 were signed, this copy No 960 of 900 unsigned copies. xiii, [3], 765, [1]. 250mm, printed on Japon vellum paper and bound in the original polished green buckram with gilt bow device designed by Eric Gill on front board. Exlibrary copy with library marks and stamps on front and back pages, top edge gilt, spine faded and discoloured, boards scuffed. Internally a few spots throughout and browning to the untrimmed edges. Contemporary clippings regarding the book and an obituary laid onto the endpapers.
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
