Ulysses. Three Volume Set. [First German Edition]

Published by Privatedruck, Bzsel, 1927

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8vo. Erster Band, (8) 458 (2) pp. Zweiter Band, (6) 465 (1) pp. Dritter Band, (4) 662 (2) pp. Vom verfasser Geprufte Deutsche Ausgabe von Georg Goyert: Erste Ausgabe, 1927 (First German Edition). Number 69 of 1000 copies. Light external wear, else, Pristine Interior. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.75" x 8.25". Brown Morocco quarter leather with mottled paper-covered boards, dark-brown title plate and gilt lettering to spine, gilt top text block, and brown satin ribbon. In Mylar protector. Der Deutsche Privatedruck des Ulysses von James Joyce wurde in den Jahren 1925 - 1927 durch Vermittlung des Pariser Buros des Rhein-Verlags in Basel in einer einmaligen Auflage von tausend Abzugen auf Butten und Hundert unverkauflichen, fur die Presse bestimmten AbHergestellt. Dises Exempler tragt die Number 69. "A German edition of Ulysses was originally planned by Deutsche Verlag in 1924, but failed to appear. The project was then taken over by Joyce's German publisher Rhein-Verlag, who held a competition to find a translator for Ulysses. The competition was won by Georg Goyert and in August 1926 he met with Joyce in Ostend to revise the text. The publication was successful, and on 19 November Joyce sent a postcard to Claud W. Sykes stating that 'The edition was sold out in 3 weeks' (J. Joyce op. cit. III, p.167). The limited edition of 1,000 copies for sale was issued in a half morocco binding (as here) and in green wrappers; as Slocum and Cahoon note, 'The emphasis on the private nature of the publication and the strict limitation of copies was caused by some fear . that Ulysses might be subject to censorship'. This was the first time Ulysses was translated into another language. A French edition followed in 1929.The Quentin Keyes copy sold at Christies in 2004 for 4200 pounds. [Slocum and Cahoon, D-45.2]." Size: Octavo.…

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Title
Ulysses. Three Volume Set. [First German Edition]
Author
Joyce, James
Publisher
Privatedruck, Bzsel
Publication year
1927
Condition
Very Good +
Dust jacket
No Jacket
Book Type
Book
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Limited First Edition.
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