Estate / Collection: The Margolis Collection
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]
JOYCE, JAMES and HENRI MATISSE, illustrator. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Number 268 of 1500 copies signed on the colophon by Matisse. Publisher's decorated brown cloth, upper cover embossed with a large design in gilt after Matisse. 11 3/4 x 9 inches (30.5 x 23.5 cm); xvi, [2], 365 pp.; six soft-ground etchings by Matisse, each with a series of reproductions of the artist's preliminary drawings. The book with minor rubbing, separation of the front endpaper at the hinge.
This was the first illustrated edition of Ulysses. Artist and the Book 197; Slocum & Cahoon A22.
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Estate / Collection: The Margolis Collection
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]
JOYCE, JAMES and HENRI MATISSE, illustrator. Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Number 268 of 1500 copies signed on the colophon by Matisse. Publisher's decorated brown cloth, upper cover embossed with a large design in gilt after Matisse. 11 3/4 x 9 inches (30.5 x 23.5 cm); xvi, [2], 365 pp.; six soft-ground etchings by Matisse, each with a series of reproductions of the artist's preliminary drawings. The book with minor rubbing, separation of the front endpaper at the hinge.
This was the first illustrated edition of Ulysses. Artist and the Book 197; Slocum & Cahoon A22.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, May 11, 2023