8vo. Original publisher's orange-red buckram, spine gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (upper hinge just starting); publisher's yellow cloth slipcase (some minor soiling, a few small repairs to edges).

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 407 of 425 copies SIGNED BY JOYCE in green ink. "In his earlier books Joyce forced modern literature to accept new styles, new subject matter, new kinds of plot and characterization. In his last book he forced it to accept a new area of being and a new language" (Ellmann James Joyce, p.717). "Joyce insisted that each word, each sentence had several meanings and that the 'ideal lecteur' should devote his lifetime to it, like the Koran" (Connolly The Modern Movement 87). Slocum & Cahoon A49.