"I am quite aware that owing to some of its scenes "Ulysses" is a rather strong draught to ask some sensitive, though normal, persons to take. But my considered opinion, after long reflection, is that whilst in many places the effect of "Ulysses" on the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic [nauseating], nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. "Ulysses" may, therefore, be admitted to the United States."

--The Honorable John M. Woolsey, United States District Judge December 3, 1933, in his decision allowing Ulysses to be published in the United States, ten years after it was completed by the author, against charges that the work was obscene.

Other notable editions of Ulysses in the library's collection include:

• the 1932-33, Odyssee Press 2 volume editions, considered the definitive standard edition, with the back cover note "Not to be introduced into the British Empire or the USA". (Where the books were still banned.)
• a three volume facsimile of the original manuscript published in 1975.
• a 1935 limited edition of Ulysses illustrated and signed by the artist Henri Matisse.

Selected works of interest to James Joyce study in Simpson Library:

Rare Book Room:

Joyce, Stanislaus. My Brother' Keeper. London: Faber & Faber, 1958.
-A first edition of Joyce's brother's memoir detailing their lives together.

The Dublin Review. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne, 1922.
-Includes a critical review of Ulysses after it was first published in Paris.

General Collection:

A Companion to Joyce Studies. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood. Press, 1984.

Hodgart, Matthew & John Caldwell. James Joyce: A Student's Guide. London; Boston: Routledge & K. Paul, 1978.

James Joyce Quarterly. (A journal dedicated to Joyce)

Seidel, Michael. James Joyce: A Short Introduction. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 2002.

The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce. Cambridge [England]; New York: Cambridge University Press 1990.