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JOYCE, James (1882–1941). Ulysses. Hamburg, [et al]: The Odyssey Press, [1932]. Small 8vo. Original publisher’s cream lettered in red (spine toned, some dust soiling to covers, ownership name on title and ffep). Laid in with the publisher’s prospectus. Provenance: Mexican bookseller’s stamp on rear pastedown. FIRST ODYSSEY PRESS EDITION, considered to be the “most accurate and authoritative text” (Slocum and Cahoon) and the “definitive standard edition” of Ulysses, specially revised at the author’s request by Stuart Gilbert. It is reported that the plates of the Odyssey Press edition of Ulysses were destroyed in the bombing of Hamburg during World War II. RARE IN THE ONE–VOLUME THIN–PAPER EDITION. Published simultaneously as the two–volume edition in December 1932, the one–volume is rarely seen on the market and is much more desirable. Slocum and Cahoon 20.