'Ulysses' first edition set to sell for €50,000

A first edition of James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses goes under the hammer in Sotheby's in London today.

A first edition of James Joyce's masterpiece Ulyssesgoes under the hammer in Sotheby's in London today.


The book has a guide price of between €36,000 and €50,000.

Sotheby's regularly auctions first editions of Ulysses, widely regarded as the greatest English novel of the 20th century, and last December it sold one for €95,000.

Another Ulyssesfirst edition signed by Joyce set a world record when it sold for €460,000 in Christie's in New York in 2002.