signed first edition White pigskin over blue cloth
October 1988 · San Francisco
by Joyce, James, Robert Motherwell (illustrator)
Copy 110 of an edition of 150 copies. 835 pp., [20] leaves ; illustrated with forty etchings, 18 chapter numbers and 22 color illustrations, on 20 double leaves. Signed by Motherwell. Small folio. Near fine. White pigskin over blue cloth ; In case as issued (case shows mild sun fading and wear at the extremities). [1615]
Included with the work are fine copies of the original Arion Press prospectus and the invitation to Dora Donner Ide's February 13, 1990 donation dinner at the San Francisco Public Library, both with prints by Motherwell. Per the colophon: "Ulysses by James Joyce is the twenty-seventh publication by the Arion Press. The book was designed by Andrew Hoyem and produced under his direction with the following associates: G. B. Carson, Matthew Kelsey, Gerald Reddan, Glenn Todd, Lawrence Van Velzer, and Marilyn Young. The type is Perpetua. Monotype for the roman was composed by Michael Bixler in Skaneateles, New York, and cast by Lewis Mitchell at Mackenzie Harris Corp. in San Francisco. The display type and italic in the text was set by hand; the pages were made up and the letterpress printing was done on a Miller cylinder press at Arion Press. The text paper is a special making of French mould-made Johannot. A heavier weight of Johannot was used for the forty prints by Robert Motherwell. The etching plates were prepared and proofed by Catherine Mosley at Robert Motherwell's studio in Greenwich, Connecticut. Additional color proofing and the intaglio printing was done at R. E. Townsend, Inc., in Georgetown, Massachusetts, by Robert Townsend and Katherine Hanlon...This is copy 110 of an edition of 150 copies for sale and 25 copies hors commerce, with 40 etchings by Robert Motherwell." (Inventory #: 1615)
Included with the work are fine copies of the original Arion Press prospectus and the invitation to Dora Donner Ide's February 13, 1990 donation dinner at the San Francisco Public Library, both with prints by Motherwell. Per the colophon: "Ulysses by James Joyce is the twenty-seventh publication by the Arion Press. The book was designed by Andrew Hoyem and produced under his direction with the following associates: G. B. Carson, Matthew Kelsey, Gerald Reddan, Glenn Todd, Lawrence Van Velzer, and Marilyn Young. The type is Perpetua. Monotype for the roman was composed by Michael Bixler in Skaneateles, New York, and cast by Lewis Mitchell at Mackenzie Harris Corp. in San Francisco. The display type and italic in the text was set by hand; the pages were made up and the letterpress printing was done on a Miller cylinder press at Arion Press. The text paper is a special making of French mould-made Johannot. A heavier weight of Johannot was used for the forty prints by Robert Motherwell. The etching plates were prepared and proofed by Catherine Mosley at Robert Motherwell's studio in Greenwich, Connecticut. Additional color proofing and the intaglio printing was done at R. E. Townsend, Inc., in Georgetown, Massachusetts, by Robert Townsend and Katherine Hanlon...This is copy 110 of an edition of 150 copies for sale and 25 copies hors commerce, with 40 etchings by Robert Motherwell." (Inventory #: 1615)
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