179 - JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Translated from the English by Mr. Auguste Morel, assisted by Mr. Stuart Gilbert. Translation thoroughly revised by Mr. Valery Larbaud in collaboration with the author.

JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Translated from the English by Mr. Auguste Morel, assisted by Mr. Stuart Gilbert. Translation thoroughly revised by Mr. Valery Larbaud in collaboration with the author. A rare first French edition of Joyce’s famous novel, attractively bound in half-maroquin. Paris, La Maison des Amis du Livre, Adrienne Monnier, 1929. Large square 8vo, chocolate-colored half-maroquin, smooth spine adorned with the author’s name and the title in gold lettering (modern binding). 870 pages plus 1 folio of colophon. Spine very slightly sun-faded, minute scratches on the leather. First edition of the French translation, the production of which was quite an epic undertaking, initially resulting from the joint work of Auguste Morel and Stuart Gilbert, before being entirely revised by Valery Larbaud with the active collaboration of the author. One of 875 copies on laid alfa paper (no. 804). A fine copy.