ULYSSES Joyce, James

8vo. later red cloth with paper spine label (circa 1940s). [viii], [3]-736 pages. Fourth printing, the second by Shakespeare and Company (the 2nd and 3rd printings were done by Egoist Press in London). Ownership inscription in blue ink on the front free endpaper. Pages tanned, as normal. Some chipping to the fore-edges of the preliminary pages. With the 4-page corrections bound-in at rear (pages 733-736). Else a near fine copy of this extremely fragile book. One of the earliest obtainable printings after the first, due to the fact that many copies of the second and third printings (both by the Egoist Press) were destroyed by English and American authorities. later red cloth with paper spine label (circa 1940s)