It was a struggle for the author to find a publisher, a comic irony considering that Ulysses is "niversally hailed as the most influential work of modern times" (Grolier Joyce 69). Ulysses was published in Paris by Shakespeare & Company, 1922. An exceptional example with noted provenance. Also laid into the slipcase is some correspondence relating to the sale of this copy in 1972 by Duschnes in New York City. Sisley Huddleston’s 5 March 1922 review from The Observer is also laid in (though both items are in prophylactic sleeves that have prevented any offsetting). The front panel of the prospectus has been amended, as often, to indicate the book “is now ready,” and the original buyer must have jumped at the opportunity, as the order panel of the prospectus has been neatly cut away. This example contains the original prospectus with the tipped-on reproduction of the 1918 photo of Joyce by C. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A near fine example, internally fresh and largely unopened, completely unrestored. Thick quarto, original blue and white wrappers. First edition, one of 750 numbered copies on handmade paper from a total edition of 1000 copies, this is number 992.
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