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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition thus. Very good plus in a very good slipcase.. The iconic modernist book, signed by Matisse - one of the great editions of one of the great books. Joyce's masterpiece, in the deluxe edition published after the 1933 landmark ruling in the case of United States v. One Book Called Ulysses. Eleven years after the book's initial publication, a US court affirmed that in the matter of obscenity, One Book Called Ulysses had soundly defeated the United States, and immediately thereafter, Limited Editions Club founder George Macy began to plan what would be a monumental achievement: a landmark among Matisse's livres d'artiste, reproducing his preparatory drawings alongside the final soft-ground etchings; the only illustrated ULYSSES with an introduction that Joyce allowed to be published; and the most accurate text of the novel published in the US until 1961. In the early days of the project, believing that the artist "[knew] the French translation…
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ULYSSES [SIGNED BY MATISSE]
by Joyce, James; Matisse, Henri [illustrator]
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Limited Edition, #1134/1500. Hardcover. Quarto, xv, [iii], 363, [3] pages; VG; bound in publishers original brown buckram, embossed in gilt; mild wear, slight discoloration to edges of textblock, interior clean; housed in publisher's original G slipcase, notoriously fragile hinges, with this copy having the bottom partially separated, but the entire case in one piece, some wear and rubbing; with original glassine present, spine largely missing, but flaps attached to covers; Limited Edition, #1134/1500, signed by Matisse only; with 6 soft-ground etchings by Henri Matisse with 20 preliminary drawings reproduced on blue and yellow paper; shelved case 3. When asked why he decided to illustrate the Calypso, Aeolus, Cyclops, Nausicaa, Circe and Ithaca episodes of Homer's Odyssey rather than any events from Joyce's novel, Matisse replied that it was because he had not read Joyce's Ulysses. This was the only American publication of Matisse's illustrations.;
[The Artist and the Book, 197]; [Slocum & Cahoon A-22];. 1347045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
[The Artist and the Book, 197]; [Slocum & Cahoon A-22];. 1347045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Edition Limited Edition, #1134/1500
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- Publisher Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1935
We have 3 copies available starting at NZ$13,716.80.
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ULYSSES
by Joyce, James; Matisse, Henri
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- Used - Very good plus in a very good slipcase.
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Ulysses
by Joyce, James; Matisse, Henri (illustrator); Gibert, Stuart (introduction)
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Limited Editions Club, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy #1365 of 1500 numbered copies, one of the 250 copies signed by both James Joyce and Henri Matisse. A fine copy in the original gilt-stamped brown cloth, entirely unfaded with tight hinges; in a solid and intact copy of publisher's slipcase (the book has a couple of faints spots or bruises to the deckles on foredge; the slipcase has light wear and a few marks). Illustrated with 6 original etchings and 20 photomechanical reproductions by Henri Matisse Housed in a sturdy custom brown cloth clamshell box with black leather spine stamped in gilt. One of the most storied illustrated books of the 20th century. Although the tale is often erroneously told that Matisse thought he had been hired to illustrated Homer (and did so), Alfred Barr wrote "Matisse remarked that he had observed how Joyce's Ulysses was divided into episodes based on Homer's Odyssey ... Macy accepted the suggestion and Matisse went to work." (Matisse: His Art and His…
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Ulysses.
by JOYCE, James. MATISSE, Henri
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- Used - Very slight tanning of (inner) hinges; but just about a fine copy. The fragile hinges are fine, which is unusual for this book.
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- No. 1142 of 1500 copies; signed by Henri Matisse in pencil and b
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Rochester, New York, United States
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New York:: The Limited Editions Club,, 1935.. No. 1142 of 1500 copies; signed by Henri Matisse in pencil and by James Joyce in ink.. publisher's embossed gilt cloth in publisher's slipcase.. Very slight tanning of (inner) hinges; but just about a fine copy. The fragile hinges are fine, which is unusual for this book. The publisher's box has a little bit of wear to the fore-edges and extremities, but is clean, tight and strong. . Folio,. Illustrations by Henri Matisse.. With an Introduction by Stuart Gilbert. Laid in is the publisher's four-page prospectus and postcard announcement for this book, plus an additional postcard announcement of shipment addressed to its first owner, in which the purchaser is informed that she was one of the fortunate Limited Editions Club members who are being shipped a copy signed by both Matisse and Joyce. The postcard goes on to describe how the Club tried to handle the imbalance between the number of members who wanted the Joyce signatures and the…
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