Ulysse
by Joyce, James
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/In Slip Case
- Seller
-
south dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: La maison Des Amis Des Livres, 1929. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. Limited/Numbered.. Original wrappers printed in blue: housed in a custom cloth clamshell box with morocco spine label lettered in gilt. #509 of 875 copies on Alfa Verge, from a total edition of 1200, First Edition in French. The First French translation of Joyce's Ulysses, a complicated endeavor as indicated by the hierarchy delineated on the title-page. Translated from the English by Auguste Morel and Stuart Gilbert, with the help of others, including Joyce himself. Light foxing to wrappers, spine skillfully repaired: closed tear at the lower front wrapper, without loss; chip to edge of first blank, interior sound with some light foxing, an attractive copy, very scarce! Extra heavy book, additional postage will apply for international purchases. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wayward Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020608
- Title
- Ulysse
- Author
- Joyce, James
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- In Slip Case
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- La maison Des Amis Des Livres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- James Joyce;
Terms of Sale
Wayward Books
Returns for any reason within 7 days.
About the Seller
Wayward Books
Biblio member since 2006
south dartmouth, Massachusetts
About Wayward Books
Rare and Out of Print Books
Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
Specialities are: Steinbeck, Vietnam War Literature, Cape Cod and the Islands, Melville, Thomas Merton, Signed First Editions.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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