JOYCE, James (1882-1941). Ulysse. Paris: La Maison des Amis des Livres, Adrienne Monnier, 1929. 4to. Original blue-lettered cream wrappers uncut and unopened (repair to head of spine, some minor browning to edges and spine); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, number 88 of 100 copies on velin d'Arches of a total edition of 1,200. The process of translating Ulysses into French began before the first edition in English was published in 1922, and was the work of Auguste Morel and Stuart Gilbert. The text was revised and edited by Valery Lerbaud and Joyce himself. Slocum and Calhoun D17.