Joyce James Eric Gill (2 results)

First Edition printed in Britain. Thick quarto. Deluxe Edition, bound in full vellum; gilt-stamped boards famously designed by Eric Gill, with his Homeric bow motif. Hand-numbered as 10 of 100 copies and SIGNED by Joyce to colophon. This much-anticipated luxury edition of James Joyce's opus-advertised by Bodley Head as the work's "final and definitive" edition, with proofs corrected by the author-was published after the landmark 1933 trialUnited States v. One Book Called Ulysses, in which Random House successfully challenged the work's American publication ban for obscenity; a legal history that's represented by three appendices of materials reproduced at rear, including a letter from Joyce to Random House's head Bennett Cerf. This copy bumped to top of spine, with thumb-soling to vellum and some dusting to textblock edges. Overall: a close to near fine copy with remarkably crisp interior and firm hinges. Accompanied by the publisher's original patterned slipcase-now increasingly uncommon-with printed Bodley Head label affixed to front panel; no. 10 of 100 accomplished in manuscript. Original slipcase shows some scuffing and wear at corners, with previous collector's label to spine. Housed in custom half-leather slipcase with pull-tab chemise and gilt lettering to spine. A very pleasing copy of this milestone Joyce edition.

Full Vellum. Condition: Near Fine. Eric Gill (illustrator). Limited Edition. Full cream (calf) vellum with gilt title to spine and the famous Eric Gill designed bow in gilt to front and rear panels. Housed in patterned cardboard slipcase which has in turn been put in a gilt lettered grey morocco clamshell box. This edition limited to 100 copies signed by James Joyce on mould-made paper. This copy #7.(lucky seven). Laid in is original prospectus. Vellum is uniformly in great condition Top edge gilt is fine. Cardboard slipcase shows wear especially at extremities . Grey morocco clamshell box is still in near fine condition. This edition with the textual improvements from the editions of Paris in the 1920's has become quite scarce . A nicer copy would be hard to find. Signed by Author(s). Book.