Ulysses – James Joyce (New Edition, Seventh Impression 1967 – The Bodley Head)
Ulysses – James Joyce (New Edition, Seventh Impression 1967 – The Bodley Head)
This Bodley Head edition of Ulysses (New Edition, Seventh Impression, 1967) is of interest to collectors of James Joyce, 20th century modernist fiction, and literary Joyciana.
About: The New Edition (reset 1960), seventh impression, priced at 30s net, accompanied by two dust jackets: the Strick film jacket (featuring photographs from Joseph Strick's 1966–67 Dublin film) and a plain green Bodley Head jacket with a tear. The Strick jacket shows significant soiling, surface scuffing and wear throughout; the plain green jacket has a tear but is otherwise intact. The green cloth boards are clean and the text block is tight. A previous owner's inscription - “R.O. Cave” - appears to the front free endpaper. A solid reading and collecting copy of one of the great novels of the 20th century, with the added interest of two period jackets.
Details:
- Title: Ulysses
- Author: James Joyce
- Publisher: The Bodley Head, London, Sydney, Toronto
- Publication Date: New Edition 1960; this impression 1967
- Edition: New Edition (reset), Seventh Impression
- Original Price: 30s net
- Binding: Hardcover (green cloth)
- Condition: Good+
- Dust Jacket Condition: Two jackets present - Strick film jacket (Good, soiling and surface wear); plain green Bodley Head jacket (Good, tear present)
- Provenance: Inscribed to front free endpaper “R.O. Cave”
Synopsis: Bodley Head New Edition (seventh impression, 1967) with two period dust jackets - the Strick film jacket and a plain green Bodley Head jacket; a collectable copy of Joyce's masterwork.
Review: James Joyce's Ulysses (1922) is widely regarded as the greatest novel of the 20th century. Set over a single day - 16 June 1904 - in Dublin, it follows Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom through the city in an intricate parallel to Homer's Odyssey. The Bodley Head New Edition, reset in 1960, was the standard British hardback text for a generation of readers and remains the most commonly encountered collectible Bodley Head Joyce.