[8], 732, [1] pp. 10-1/8x7-7/8, original blue wrappers lettered in white, bound in contemporary citron-colored morocco, raised spine bands, morocco label, blind-tooled inner dentelles, mottled endpapers, t.e.g., others untrimmed. No. 199 of 150 copies (numbered 101 to 250) printed on vergë d'Arches. First Edition.

Rare first edition of one of the landmarks of 20th century literature, James Joyce's stream-of-consciousness masterpiece, complex, influential and groundbreaking in its treatment of language and the workings of the mind. There were three issues of the first edition: The present issue of 150 copies on vergë d'Arches; an issue of 100 copies on Dutch handmade paper, numbered 1 to 100, signed by Joyce; and 750 copies printed on handmade paper, numbered 251 to 1000.