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JOYCE, James and Henri MATISSE (illustrator). Ulys

JOYCE, James and Henri MATISSE (illustrator). Ulysses.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Folio (300 x 230 mm). Illustrated by Henri Matisse. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt from a design by Le Roy Anderson, lacking slipcase. Condition: very slight darkening to endpapers. limited edition signed by both joyce and matisse this being number 297 of 1500 copies, though Joyce only signed 250 of the edition. Includes etchings depicting the Calypso, Aeolus, Cyclops, Nausicaa, Circe and Ithaca episodes. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert who edited at Joyce's request the Odyssey Press edition of this novel, generally considered the most authorative text of the book.

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