It's an early printing of Joyce's iconic novel. Contents aside, the book is indicative of the time—Paris between the Wars. Written by Irish novelist, printed in Paris by an American bookseller. To my knowledge most if not all the Shakespeare and Company editions of this novel in the 1920s were issued in blue paper wrappers--nice paperbacks. But this copy was rebound in leather and marbled paper over boards. There is a booksellers ticket of W.H. Smith and Sons, 248 Rue de Rivoli, Paris—a British bookseller in Paris; I am certain W. H. Smith and Sons bound the book as well. Paris was the center of the artistic world in the 1920s, and this book is a great example of that.