first edition
1975 · New York
by Joyce, James; Levin, Harry; Driver, Clive
New York: Octagon Books, 1975. Fine.. First printing of this sizable reproduction of the original notebooks in which James Joyce wrote his masterwork. ULYSSES first saw print in part through the modernist literary magazine THE LITTLE REVIEW, edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap. Midway through their serialization, issues of the magazine were seized and the editors were brought to trial in the fall of 1920. When they were convicted, ULYSSES was abandoned, only about half of it published. This disaster led to the now iconic publication of the book by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company in Paris.
This facsimile of Joyce's various notebooks containing the first drafts of the story is a fascinating look at his writing process. The third volume, comparing the changes between the notebooks and the first edition, is particularly enlightening. 3 volumes, 11'' x 8.5''. Original blue cloth boards with white lettering. Unpaginated. In original white slipcase. Slipcase with a hint of edgewear. Sharp. (Inventory #: 48660)
This facsimile of Joyce's various notebooks containing the first drafts of the story is a fascinating look at his writing process. The third volume, comparing the changes between the notebooks and the first edition, is particularly enlightening. 3 volumes, 11'' x 8.5''. Original blue cloth boards with white lettering. Unpaginated. In original white slipcase. Slipcase with a hint of edgewear. Sharp. (Inventory #: 48660)
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