First edition of Ulysses by James Joyce to be auctioned in Kilkenny

A first edition copy of James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses, one of the most famous books in literary history, will be up for auction soon at Fonsie Mealy's Auction House in Kilkenny.

The item's description on the auction site is as follows:

"Joyce (James) Ulysses. Paris, Shakespeare & Co. 1922, First Edn. No. 149 of 1000 copies, one of 150 copies on vergé d'arches laid on paper, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, very well rebound in green/blue morocco gilt over heavy boards, spine with raised bands and gilt fleurons, marbled e.p.'s, original upper cover, else a superb example of Joyce's great work, now in its one-and-hundredth year and still the most talked about and written about novel of the 20th Century. [Slocum & Cahoon 17.]

Extremely rare surviving copy of the 1916 Proclamation to be auctioned in Kilkenny

Note: Number 149 on the Ulysses Census Records Mr. Henry Channon (April 29) and priced as 250 francs for Verge D'arche Copies. Ref: Glenn Horowitz."

The book is estimated to fetch somewhere between €15,000 and €20,000.

More more information on the auction and the item, CLICK HERE.