JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysses. London and Paris: John Rodker for The Egoist Press, 1922.

Small 4to. Half-title; 7pp. errata at end. Original "Greek flag" blue printed wrappers, uncut (rebacked, few tiny closed tears and light rubbing at extreme edges); folding case.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 670 of 200 copies on handmade paper printed in Dijon from the original plates for Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in London, and distributed by Rodker and Ezra Pound.

Of the 2,000 copies printed, 500 copies were sent to America and were subsequently reported seized and burned by the United States government authorities; recent evidence suggests that not all of the copies sent to America were destroyed. According to Harriet Shaw Weaver, "a good number of copies sent by ordinary book post to the U.S.A got through to their various destinations, but some time between October 1922 (when the Egoist edition as published) and December, the U.S.A censorship authorities evidently became suspicious until finally 400-500 copies were confiscated and burnt" (qtd. in Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A18.

[With:] Publisher's pre-publication announcement of the Shakespeare and Co. first edition laid in, with ink notations (presumably by the publisher) correcting the publisher's address and indicating that the 750 copies of the first edition printed on handmade paper had already sold out.