Description
The first edition, fourth printing of Ulysses by James Joyce, published in Paris in 1924.
Octavo, [ii], 732pp, [733]-736pp. Rebound in three-quarter blue morocco, marbled boards, title stamped in gilt on spine with decorative raised bands. Top edge gilt. Includes the half-title, lacking original blue wrappers. Short closed tear through p. [1], delicate leafends, some minor loss. New endpapers. Slocum notes that this printing was issued on “inferior quality” paper, which is evident in the toning throughout this copy. Text block resown. (Slocum & Cahoon, A17) The text corrections noted on the original errata were largely corrected by this fourth printing, but “additional corrections” were discovered and incorporated into the four-page errata on page [733]-736. An attractive presentation.
This copy is from the library of Oliver Marble Gale, Jr., with his bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Oliver M. Gale (1910-2006) was a pioneer in corporate public relations and advertising, credited with establishing a dedicated public relations department at Procter & Gamble in 1949. He left P&G to serve as a special assistant to Secretary of Defense, Neil McElroy, in the Eisenhower Administration.
