Description
Ulysses by James Joyce from The Limited Editions Club, signed by Henri Matisse.
Quarto, xv, [iii], 363pp, [3pp]. Brown cloth, gilt title on spine, embossed design on front cover. Top edge sprinkled brown, edges untrimmed. Light rubbing to tips, some shelf wear. Front hinge starting, but solid. Contains twenty-six plates (six etchings by Matisse and twenty reproductions of preliminary drawings). Faint dampstain to upper corner of rear panel, no impact to text block. Lacking the publisher’s slipcase. From a limited edition of 1500 copies signed by Henri Matisse, this being number 1296. An excellent copy.
In the early 1930s, Henri Matisse was paid $5000 by Limited Edition Club founder George Macy to do six full-page etchings for Ulysses. Many believe that Matisse never read the novel before beginning the compositions. This limited edition run of 1,500 copies was signed by artist Henri Matisse, with 250 copies signed by both Matisse and the author, James Joyce.
