Lot Details
Lot 171
JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses.
Paris: published for the Egoist Press, London, by John Rodker, 1922. Second printing, number 238 of 2000 copies. Three-quarters blue morocco, marbled sides, the original blue printed wrappers lettered in white bound in, top edge gilt. 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (23 x 18 cm); 732 pp., [2], [8] pp. errata Some restoration to the edges of the errata leaves, some defects to the publisher's wrappers, overall an attractive copy of this important edition.
The first edition of Ulysses was almost sold out within a month of publication. Joyce immediately became a literary sensation, so a second printing was issued from the same setting. The book was censored in England and America and many cunning attempts to smuggle the book overseas resulted in confiscations and seizures, including most famously the Port Authority of New York burning 500 copies of the edition. Slocum & Cahoon A18.
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