Ulysses by James Joyce. Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. Contemporary fine binding. First Edition, Ninth Printing.
Beautiful contemporary fine binding, brown leather boards with gold gilt lettering on the spine. Near-fine condition with only some light shelf wear to the edges. Pages are internally clean with no foxing and tightly bound.
Significant for its rarity and historical importance, this early edition marks a key moment in literary history when Joyce’s groundbreaking work was still controversial and censored, yet beginning to gain recognition as a modernist masterpiece. This edition is preserved beautifully in stunning brown leather boards.
