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7 Little Reviews containing Ulysses
Ulysses first appeared in The Little Review in March 1918 and continued serialisation for a total of 23 issues until editors Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap (jh) were charged with publishing obscene content after the appearance of the Nauticaa episode in April 1920. Four issues, of which one is included here, were burnt by the US Post Office. The text would not appear again or in full until 1922 when it was published by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company, Paris, whereon Ezra Pound would publish his calendar, “Year 1 p.s.U.” [post scriptum Ulysses].
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The Little Review, Vol. V No. 3 (July 1918)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Yellow wraps, stapled; 68pp.; 21.9 x 14.3 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1918
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode V - Lotus Eaters. Yellow wraps, slightly crumpled with very minimal loss, darkened at spine. Further contributions from Ford Madox Hueffer and Ezra Pound (Our Contemporaries and Cooperation).
The Little Review, Vol. V No. 9 (January 1919)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Pale green wraps, stapled; 68pp.; 21.9 x 14.3 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1919
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode VIII - Lestrygonians. First appearance. Pale green wraps, a touch of damp which has lead to the covers picking up some pink ink; this ink passes through for a number of leaves with the damp (minor, no crinkling, very light staining), not reaching Joyce. Covers detached from the textblock and rebacked with a piece of tape. This was the first of 4 issues to be destroyed by the US Postal Authorities. After the inital posting of this issue to subscribers no further were sent. Number of copies unknown.
The Little Review, Vol. V No. 11 (April 1919)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Yellow wraps, stapled; 68pp.; 21.9 x 14.3 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1919
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode XI - Scylla and Charybdis [first part]. Yellow wraps, in fine condition, titled A Prologue, by William Carlos Williams.
The Little Review, Vol. VI No. 5 (September 1919)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Pale green wraps, stapled; 72pp.; 21.9 x 14.6 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1919
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode XII - Sirens [continued]. Pale green wraps, light vertical crease running throughout; fragile but near fine condition. Also containing Interim (Chapter Five) by Dorothy Richardson and The Chinese Written Character… [I] by Ezra Pound.
The Little Review, Vol. VI No. 8 (December 1919)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Tan wraps, stapled; 92pp.; 21.9 x 14.6 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1919
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode XII - Cyclops [continued]. First appearance. Tan wraps darkened at spine, otherwise fine. Also containing Interim (Chapter Eight) by Dorothy Richardson, and The Chinese Written Character, IV by Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound.
The Little Review, Vol. VI No. 10 (March 1920)
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Red wraps, stapled; 68pp.; 21.9 x 14.6 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1920
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode XII - Cyclops [continued]. First appearance. Red wraps, repaired with glue (and matter?) at spine; glue has stained around the spine, slight discolouration, choppy foredge. Also containing Interim, Chapter Nine by Dorothy Richardson and a pasted frontispiece, Drawing by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
The Little Review, Vol. VII No. 3 September-December 1920
Margaret Anderson, editor
James Joyce, contributor
Black undersized wraps, stapled; 100pp.; 23.5 x 14.9 cm
Published New York: Margaret C. Anderson, 1920
James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode XIV - Oxen of the Sun. First appearance. Black undersized wraps with gold or bronze lettering nigh fully faded. Adverts. Portrait frontispiece of Else von Freytag-Loringhoven by Man Ray, with Vienese lettering and a signal motif, incorrectly printed underneath Study by Wyndham Lewis. Small unknown woodblocks to Art and the Law by jh opposite. Seven further plates including portraits of Djuna Barnes and Mina Loy. Partly printed on a different paper mid-review, and a further plate mistakenly underwritten Drawing. By Charles De Muth (actually by Wyndham Lewis). The last episode of Ulysses to be published by The Little Review.