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Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1922. Ulysses was published in Paris by Shakespeare & Company, 1922. It was a struggle for the author to find a publisher, a comic irony considering that Ulysses is "[u]niversally hailed as the most influential work of modern times" (Grolier Joyce 69). Ulysses was an immediate success. The first printing sold out, and "within a year Joyce had become a well-known literary figure. Ulysses was explosive in its impact on the literary world of 1922" (de Grazia, 27). Even so, the book faced difficulties in global reception. It was banned in the U.K. and was prosecuted for the obscenity in the Nausicaa episode (Ellmann, 1982). Joyce's inspiration for the novel began as a young boy reading Charles Lamb's Adventures of Ulysses and writing an essay entitled "My Favorite Hero" after being impressed by the wholeness of the character (Goreman, 1939). The idea for the novel grew from a story in Dubliners in 1906, which Joyce expanded into a short book in 1907, before… Read more

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Minor browning to the gutters, contents clean. Spine gilt dull but quite bright on the front cover, minor rubbing to extremities. Near Fine in a complete but broken slipcase. Full brown buckram with a gold embossed design on the front cover and repeated on the spine. Large square octavo, 9" x 11-1/2", with 420 pages. Introduction by Stuart Gilbert and illustrations by Henri Matisse including twenty reproductions of drawings and SIX ORIGINAL ETCHINGS printed by hand, being the earliest and one of the few instances by Matisse to represent physical agony and violence. The lithographic reproductions of preliminary drawings printed on blue and yellow paper provide an interesting glimpse into Matisse's artistic process. Copy #924 of 1500 SIGNED in pencil by the artist. In addition this is one of about only 250 copies SIGNED in ink by the author as well. Uncommon Monthly Letter, which discusses this publication and addresses the… Read more

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition thus, 979 of 1500 copies, signed by MATISSE. Illustrated With 6 original soft-ground etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings by Henri Matisse. xvi, [ii], 735 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original brown cloth, spine and upper board blocked in gilt. Fine in repaired slipcase. Matisse, Henri. First edition thus, 979 of 1500 copies, signed by MATISSE. Illustrated With 6 original soft-ground etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings by Henri Matisse. xvi, [ii], 735 pp. 1 vols. 4to. With six soft ground etchings by Matisse created for this edition, with reproductions of his preliminary drawings. One of the finest productions of the Limited Editions Club. Slocum & Cahoon A22; Quarto-Millenary 71; Garvey 197; Duthuit 235; The American Livre de Peintre 32; The Artist and The Book 197

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. One of the most arresting collaborations in 20th-century literature. "It was a great idea to bring them together; celebrities of the same generation, of similar virtuosity" (Wheeler, 15). The 26 beautiful full-page illustrations by Matisse accompany the text of Joyce's Ulysses, including six soft-ground etchings with reproductions of the sketches on blue and yellow paper. "One of the very few American livres de peintres issued before World War II. According to George Macy [this work's designer], who undertook this only American publication of Matisse's illustrations, he asked the artist how many etchings the latter could provide for $5000. The artist chose to take six subjects from Homer's Odyssey. The preparatory drawings reproduced with the soft-ground etchings (Matisse's only use of this medium) record the evolution of the figures from vigorous sketches to closely knit compositions" (Artist and the Book 197).

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935 Introduction by Stuart Gilbert. Illustrated by Henri Matisse. First edition thus, number 418 of 1500 copies signed by Matisse. Illustrated with six original soft-ground etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings by Matisse. Quarto, 735 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, clock design by Leroy H. Appleton gilt stamped and embossed in bas-relief to front board, titles and decorations gilt stamped and embossed to spine, speckled top edge of text block; in publisher's cream slipcase, titles and decorations in brown to spine. Light spotting to text block fore edge, else fine; very good or better slipcase with some wear to edges and a bit of soiling to spine and edges. Overall, a gorgeous copy of a unique book, an important collaborative effort between Joyce and Matisse. Slocum & Cahoon A22.. Signed. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Matisse, Henri.

Trans-Atlantic Pubns. Hardcover. 0330352296 SIGNED by editor on large sticker plate on title, dated 16 June 1997. First edition. Prelims and edges lightly foxed . Good.