Small 4to. Half-title. (A few small spots very occasionally in margins.) Original "Greek flag" blue printed wrappers, uncut and unopened (corner crease to upper cover, discrete and professional restoration to spine joints and ends, and a few tiny spots to cover edges, some light toning, a few pencil notations to upper cover); folding case.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 1392 of 2000 copies on handmade paper printed in Dijon from the original plates for Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, who was unable to find a printer in London, and distributed by Rodker and Ezra Pound.

Of the 2,000 copies printed, 500 copies were sent to America and were subsequently reported seized and burned by the United States government authorities; recent evidence suggests that not all of the copies sent to America were destroyed. According to Harriet Shaw Weaver, "a good number of copies sent by ordinary book post to the U.S.A got through to their various destinations, but some time between October 1922 (when the Egoist edition as published) and December, the U.S.A censorship authorities evidently became suspicious until finally 400-500 copies were confiscated and burnt" (qtd. in Slocum and Cahoon). Slocum and Cahoon A18. A BRIGHT COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.