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Ulysses 51
*V. B. 1. ULYSSES TYPESCRIPTS: NESTOR
Loose Sheet, typewritten, single-spaced, purple carbon copy.
Title: No title.
Collation: 1 sheet of typing paper; verso blank. 27.4 x 21.2 cm.
Pagination: Page number "9" typed top center; also numbered "26"
in pencil at top of page and in ink on bottom right corner.
Contents: Typescript of a small portion of the "Nestor" episode, RH
34.14—35.25. Addition in ink, Joyce's hand. No corrections.
Other Markings: A few pencil notations, possibly in hand of printer.
Dating: ca. 1918-21.
Notes: The "Ulysses Typescripts," MSS. V. B. 1.-16., 22 were made
in preparation for the first edition of the novel. They seem to be
the final typescripts from which the printer, Imprimerie Darantiere,
Dijon, set up the first proofs after Joyce made additional
corrections and additions. It appears that Joyce's typist made one
original and three carbon copies of each episode. Joyce corrected
the typing errors on all four copies, and then made additional corrections
and additions before sending the typescript to the printer.
Usually, these additions were made on one of the four copies only
(but not necessarily the original). The extra copies were used to
facilitate the preparation of the text for the printer (e.g., if a mistake
was made or if an addition was canceled or changed, the page
in question would not have to be retyped, but one of the other
copies could be used), yet Joyce may have also requested the extra
copies since he often sent copies of his drafts to Harriet Shaw
Weaver, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, or Frank Budgen.
*V. B. 2. ULYSSES TYPESCRIPTS: PROTEUS
Loose Sheet, typewritten, single-spaced, purple carbon copy.
Title: No title.
Collation: 1 sheet of thin typing paper; verso blank. Approx. 28 x
22.5 cm.
Pagination: Page number "10" typed top center; also numbered"38"
in ink on bottom right corner.
22 Slocum & Cahoon, item E. 5. g.; Sylvia Beach Catalogue, item 6.