Ulysses. James Joyce; Henri Matisse signed
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Ulysses. James Joyce; Henri Matisse signed
Joyce, James; Henri Matisse. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club,1935. numbered 961 of 1500 and signed Henri Matisse ; large 4to. 735 pp. Bound in publisher’s brown cloth with design by Leroy H. Appleton gilt stamped and embossed in relief to front boards; titles and decorations gilt stamped and embossed to spine, speckled top edge of text block; lacking slipcase, In very good overall condition.
The first illustrated edition of Joyce's masterpiece, limited to only 1500 copies signed by Henri Matisse. Illustrated by Matisse with six full page original soft-ground etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings illustrating various episodes from Homer's Odyssey, including Calypso, Circe, Ithaca, and Polyphemus. One of the 20th-century's most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modernists.
Joyce, James; Henri Matisse. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club,1935. numbered 961 of 1500 and signed Henri Matisse ; large 4to. 735 pp. Bound in publisher’s brown cloth with design by Leroy H. Appleton gilt stamped and embossed in relief to front boards; titles and decorations gilt stamped and embossed to spine, speckled top edge of text block; lacking slipcase, In very good overall condition.
The first illustrated edition of Joyce's masterpiece, limited to only 1500 copies signed by Henri Matisse. Illustrated by Matisse with six full page original soft-ground etchings and 20 reproductions of preliminary drawings illustrating various episodes from Homer's Odyssey, including Calypso, Circe, Ithaca, and Polyphemus. One of the 20th-century's most desirable illustrated books, combining the work of two great modernists.
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Ulysses. James Joyce; Henri Matisse signed
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