Joyce, James (2022) ‘Ulysses’, Folio Society limited edition

James Joyce (2022) ‘Ulysses‘, Folio Society limited edition. One of only 500 copies of which this is no. 40.

Condition: fine

Production details according to the publisher:

Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies signed by John Vernon Lord.

Bound in green calfskin leather blocked in gold foil.

768 pages of text set in Dante and printed on Munken Pure paper.

Printed in two colours throughout.

Frontispiece and 18 full-page colour illustrations printed on Natural Evolution Ivory paper.

Gold page tops.

Two green grosgrain ribbon markers.

Size: 11⅖˝ × 8˝.

Print by John Vernon Lord presented in a folder featuring a design by the artist.

Presentation box

Clamshell box covered in red cloth inset with a printed label and blocked in gold foil

3½˝ × 12½˝ × 9˝

Joyce devotee and multi-award-winning artist John Vernon Lord described working on this limited edition as ‘a humbling experience’. His series of 19 extraordinary colour illustrations and exclusive print are complemented by a new binding design and a portrait of Joyce, which is inset as a printed label on the clamshell box. Lord’s fascinating introductory essay illuminates the meanings, symbols, events and inspirations behind each illustration – his work a visual guide through the complex narrative.

Source: https://www.foliosociety.com/uk/ulysses-limited-edition.html