1988réf. 1734961988. MOTHERWELL Robert. Ulysses. By James Joyce. 838 pp. With 40 etchings by Robert Motherwell of which 20 are in colour. Thick folio 322 x 240 mm. bound in original publisher's white half-pigskin over blue patterned silk over boards in original blue patterned silk box. San Francisco: Arion Press 1988. A fine copy of one of the seminal books produced in America in the twentieth century. Robert Motherwell 1915-1991 a founder of Abstract Expressionism counted Joyce as his favorite modern author and drew upon his writing for titles to his paintings drawings and prints throughout his career. The project was four years in planning and a year and a half in production. Copies with the white pigskin still in fine condition are extremely rare. Edition limited to 150 copies signed by Motherwell on the statement of limitation. The type is Monotype and handset Perpetua printed by letterpress on French mouldmade Johannot. The intaglio printing was done by R. E. Townsend Inc. Georgetown Massachusetts in black and 19 colours on heavier-weight Johannot. Slipcase with a little fading else fine. Arion Press 27. hardcover books

Ursus Books · États-Unis25 000,00 $US≈ 22 291,58 €

Joyce, James; Henri Matisse [Illustrations]ABAA

Ulysses

1935réf. 140947396New York: The Limited Editions Club 1935. Signed Limited Edition. Near Fine. First illustrated edition of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece. One of a limited 250 copies signed by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse from an edition of 1500 total the majority of which were only signed by Matisse. Bound in publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt with top edge speckled brown; housed in the original tan cardstock slipcase with spine stamped in brown. 363 p. Near Fine with trivial rubbing to spine ends corners and gilt at raised relief on upper board. In a Very Good slipcase with soiling and light wear and a short repair to the seam at the opening along the bottom edge. A wonderful copy housed in a custom brown cloth solander case with morocco spine label stamped in gilt. A visually striking production which combines James Joyce's modernist masterpiece with twenty-six illustrations by Matisse including six hand-printed etchings and twenty lithographs. Slocum & Cahoon 22. The Limited Editions Club unknown books

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis35 000,00 $US≈ 31 208,21 €

Joyce, JamesABAA

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

1917réf. 140947159London: The Egoist Ltd 1917. First British Edition. Very Good. First English edition printed from English sheets preceded by a first American edition and an English edition that was bound using the American sheets because English printers would not accept responsibility for printing it. Signed by James Joyce on the front free endpaper and inscribed to Baron Ambrose Ralli "in grateful remembrance of 21 June 1915" signed in Trieste on 8 November 1919. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth stamped in blind with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with slight lean to binding fading to spine with fraying to crown light soiling to cloth and crease to bottom corner of rear board. Occasional pencil annotations and corner creases; front hinge a bit tender and offsetting and foxing to endpapers. An important presentation copy to a friend of Joyce's Baron Ambrose Paul Ralli 1876-1938. Here he his thanking Ralli for his crucial role in helping his family flee Italy during World War I. When Italy declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire in May 1915 Joyce was compelled to flee Trieste. Baron Ralli and Count Francesco Sordina provided essential support during this perilous time. The date of remembrance June 21st is likely the day Joyce escaped. The Baron championed Joyce's literary career and was the sole subscriber to Ulysses in Trieste. Slocum & Cahoon 13. The Egoist Ltd unknown books

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis48 000,00 $US≈ 42 799,82 €

Joyce, JamesABAA

Ulysses

1936réf. 140945626London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1936. First Edition Thus. Near Fine. An exceedingly scarce presentation copy of the first English edition printed in England limited issue signed by James Joyce. One of 100 copies from a total edition of 1000 copies this copy unnumbered printed on mould-made paper and bound in full calf vellum. This copy was reserved for presentation by the author unnumbered at the colophon with the words "Presentation Copy" inscribed in calligraphy below the limitation. The only other copy of this edition of 100 that we could locate that bears the presentation inscription this copy also unnumbered was from Joyce's private library now housed in the Poetry Collection at the University at Buffalo. They also hold two other copies of the Bodley Head Ulysses 1/900 that also bear the words "Presentation Copy" on the edition statement: one having been owned by Joyce and the other by Sylvia Beach. Bound in publisher's original full calf vellum with gilt Homeric bows designed by Eric Gill on the upper and lower cover and titles in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Housed in publisher's original patterned slipcase which is also correctly sans number matching the presentation copy's blank. Near Fine with light discoloration and light rubbing to the vellum spine slightly darkened and with light mottled foxing foxing to textblock extremities. Slipcase is rubbed and a little worn with several small stains; Foxing to interior of slipcase. Publisher's prospectus laid in. John Lane the Bodley Head unknown books

Burnside Rare Books, ABAA · États-Unis95 000,00 $US≈ 84 707,99 €

Joyce, JamesABAA

Dubliners

1916réf. 140946344New York: B. W. Huebsch 1916. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition utilizing English sheets first printing of James Joyce's first prose work--a collection of short stories all unified by a common place depicting Irish middle class. The stories were written while Irish Nationalism was at its peak and the search for a national identity was raging. The country was at a cultural crossroads which Joyce felt was responsible for a collective paralysis. He conceived of Dubliners as a "nicely polished looking-glass"held up to the Irish and a "first step towards their spiritual liberation." Bound in publisher's blue-green cloth stamped in green; one of 504 sets of sheets which were imported by Huebsch from the British publisher Grant Richards. Title page is a cancel printed on laid paper with "Utopian" watermark. 278pp. Near Fine textblock edge lightly dust-soiled and with a faint stain to the bottom edge pages tanned. In the incredibly rare original dust jacket Near Fine tanned and lightly edge worn with several short closed tears several droplet stains to spine panel with chipping to ends lightly rubbed. A beautiful example entirely free of repair or restoration. A major work of twentieth-century literature seldom if ever seen in jacket. Slocum & Cahoon 9. B. W. Huebsch unknown books