James Joyce | Ulysses, illustrated by Henri Matisse, New York, 1935, publisher's brown buckram

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

December 12, 03:33 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft

James Joyce

Ulysses [illustrated by Henri Matisse]. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935

SIGNED BY MATISSE on the limitation page, copy 183 of 1500 numbered copies, 4to (295 x 252 mm.), 6 etchings by Matisse and 20 reproductions of his preliminary sketches on blue and yellow paper, publisher's brown buckram, spine and upper cover gilt-lettered and decorated, top edge speckled brown, others uncut, housed in a custom clamshell box with brown morocco lettering-piece, minor soiling to lower blank margin of p.317, small spot to spine, minor discoloration to rear pastedown at hinge

LITERATURE:

The Artist & the Book 197; LEC bibliography 71; Slocum and Cahoon A22

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