Ulysses
James Joyce (1882-1941)
Category
Books
Date
1926
Materials
Place of origin
France
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Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3157929
Caption
Alan Clutton-Brock (1904–76) followed in the footsteps of his father, Arthur Clutton-Brock (1868–1924), in becoming a literary critic for the Times Literary Supplement. The latter was an admirer of James Joyce and reviewed his work favourably, much to Joyce's pleasure, and the two became acquaintances. Alan Clutton-Brock was one of the first reviewers of Joyce's Ulysses following the novel's authorised British publication in 1936. His published review praised Joyce's 'incredible virtuosity' and the novel's 'profusion and fertility of language'. This copy of an earlier edition of Ulysses - the corrected 8th printing by Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company - was owned by Clutton-Brock and was presumably acquired during the period in which the novel was banned in the United Kingdom.
Summary
Ulysses (Paris, 1926), by James Joyce. Blue marbled paper boards bound with green calf leather, with gold lettering on the spine.
Bibliographic description
[6], 735, [1] p.. 21cm. Provenance: Clutton-Brock. Binding: Quarter green calf, marbled-paper boards, gold-lettered spine; spine detached
Makers and roles
James Joyce (1882-1941)
