Ulysses
London: The Folio Society, 1998. Item #06635
A Finely Produced Limited Folio Society Ulysses, with Original Etchings by Mimmo Paladino
JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Preface by Stephen James Joyce. Introduction by Jacques Aubert. With etchings by Mimmo Paladino. London: The Folio Society, 1998.
Limited to 1,760 numbered copies, this being copy no. 26.
Royal octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches; 235 x 165 mm.). xix, [1, blank], [2], [1]–735, [1, blank] pp. Illustrated with eighteen fine etchings by Mimmo Paladino in gold and black and white.
Elaborately bound in full light blue goatskin, covers decoratively blocked in gilt with a design by Jeff Clements, spine lettered in gilt, gold endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy, housed in the original black buckram solander case, front panel stamped in gilt with the signature of James Joyce, spine lettered in gilt. Publisher’s four-page prospectus loosely laid in.
A Modern Fine Press Interpretation of a Modernist Masterpiece
A beautifully realized late 20th-century fine press edition of Ulysses, pairing Joyce’s monumental text with the bold, symbolic visual language of Mimmo Paladino.
The etchings - printed in striking combinations of gold and black - offer a contemporary artistic response to Joyce’s dense and allusive narrative.
Mimmo Paladino (born in Paduli on 18 December 1948) is an Italian sculptor, painter and printmaker. He is a leading name in the Transvanguardia artistic movement and one of the many European artists to revive Expressionism in the 1980s.
Jeff Clements (MBE) was born in 1934 and died in 2020. He was one of the leading figures in modern British bookbinding and design, closely associated with the The Folio Society, for whom he created a number of distinguished bindings.
The production reflects the Folio Society’s highest standards: luxurious materials, careful typography, and an emphasis on the book as an object of art. The full goatskin binding and solander case place this edition firmly within the tradition of modern private press craftsmanship.
Price: $1,100.00