Ulysses
by Joyce, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1934. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of Joyce's classic of modernism; a landmark of 20th-Century literature. This is the Fourth Printing [stated "Fourth Printing, January 1934"] that was issued in the same year; as the First Edition. Rebound in maroon cloth that has been decoratively stamped; titled and ruled in gilt on the spine. [This is a practical solution to the poor condition of many copies, grubby due to the rough oatmeal binding that attracts soiling.] Clean text; 768 pages; red topstain. Touch of rub to the tips, and some rubbing along the spine edges. A sound and attractive copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.
Synopsis
Ulysses is a modernist novel by James Joyce. It was first serialized in The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 and later published by Shakespeare and Company in 1922. Originally, Joyce conceived of Ulysses as a short story to be included in Dubliners , but decided instead to publish it as a long novel, situated as a sort of sequel to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man , picking up Stephen Dedalus’s life over a year later. Ulysses takes place on a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin - now celebrated as Bloomsday annually. Within the massive text of 265,000 words (not so “short” anymore, eh?), divided into 18 episodes, Joyce radically shifts narrative style with each new episode, completely abandoning the previously accepted notions of plot, setting, and characters. The presentation of a fragmented reality through interior perception in Ulysses , often through stream-of-consciousness, is one of many reasons it is considered a paramount in Modernist literature. Ulysses presents a series of parallels with Homer’s epic poem Odyssey (Ulysses is the Latinized name of Odysseus.) Not only can correspondences be drawn between the main characters of each text — Stephen Dedalus to Telemachus, Leopold Bloom to Odysseus, and Molly Bloom to Penelope, but each of the 18 episodes of Ulysses reflects an adventure from the Odyssey. In 1998, the American publishing firm Modern Library ranked Ulysses first on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. February 2022 will mark the centennial of the publishing of Ulysses , with auctions, sales, and celebrations by Joyce fans scheduled around the globe. From our Book Collecting Guide: Collecting Ulysses https://www.biblio.com/book-collecting/basics/collecting-one-book/collecting-ulysses-by-james-joyce/
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002533
- Title
- Ulysses
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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