Ulysses. by JOYCE, James - 1927: Vom verfasse geprüfte Deutsche ausgabe von Georg Goyert.

Basel: Privatdruck, 1927. First German edition, number 174 of 1,000 copies, this one of an unspecified number bound in quarter morocco; it is the first foreign language edition of Ulysses. Slocum and Cahoon comment that "the emphasis on the private nature of this publication and the strict limitation of copies was caused by some fear on the part of the Swiss publisher that Ulysses might be subject to censorship".
With a most interesting provenance: each volume bearing the attractive etched bookplate of the distinguished Berlin banker Hans Arnhold (1888-1966) and his wife Ludmilla (1894-1976). "In the late 1920s, the Arnhold home served as an important salon for Berlin artists, musicians, intellectuals, and members of Weimar cultural life, as well as some of Berlin's most prominent bankers. The history of the estate mirrors Berlin's own tumultuous experience during the twentieth century. Forced to leave Germany in 1933, Hans Arnhold and his family moved first to Paris and then, ultimately, in 1939, to New York City. He became senior partner of the Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder bank, which had been re-founded as an investment bank in New York in 1937" (American Academy online). The Arnhold residence, a lakeside villa at Wannsee, is now home to the American Academy in Berlin. 3 volumes, octavo. Original brown quarter morocco, olive green morocco labels, marbled paper sides, top edges gilt others untrimmed. Tips very lightly rubbed otherwise an excellent set. Slocum & Cahoon D45 (2).