ULYSSES
JOYCE, James
Shakespeare & Co. Second Printing

Paris: Shakespeare, 1924. 2nd Printing. Printed for Sylvia Beach by Darantiere at Dijon, France, this was the first time the cover was white with blue letters. Fourth printing overall, after the first Shakespeare, second and third Egoist. 1920s Shakespeare and Company card laid in. Tight, clean and square. Many pages are unopened. Protected by Mylar. Custom clamshell case, blue cloth with gilt rules and titling. Pages toned as is usual due to low quality paper; minimal for this copy is the typical flaking. Conceived in sixteen years and written in seven, Ulysses is regarded as one of the greatest works of literature. The work's confiscation, burning and trial at an early stage pleased James Joyce, who hoped for notoriety. Though controversial, the work impressed his peers T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and W.B. Yeats and was considered by his admirers to be superb, magical, and a work of genius. It became required reading for the intelligentsia and brought first fame to Joyce. Unrestored, largely unopened second Shakespeare printing. Slocum & Cahoon 17. Ellmann p. 499-532. Very good. Original wraps.  (804)