V.B.14.a.iv
Partial Printers’ Typescript of the “Eumaeus” (16) Episode for Ulysses (1921)
Material Description and Collation
The manuscript consists of 22 loose sheets of thin typing paper, with corrections and additions in Joyce’s hand in black ink on all of the pages, except on p. [31]. All of the pages are single-spaced typewritten black ink bottom (carbon) copies; all the versos are blank, except p. [8v], which has an addition in Joyce’s hand.
Title
Page [2] is also erroneously titled “Chapter III” in the upper margin.
Measurements
The sheets are of unequal width and measure approximately 28.0 x 20.5–23.0 cm.
Pagination
Pages [3]–[13] were paginated “- 2 -“–”- 12 -“, pp. [17]–[19] were paginated “- 16 -“–”- 18 -” and pp. [26]–[32] were paginated “- 25 -“–”- 31 -” by the typist in the upper center margin; p. [2] is not paginated .
Contents
The manuscript is a complete typescript of the ” Eumaeus ” episode, comprised of only bottom (carbon) copies of what were 4 complete typescripts (a top copy and 3 bottom copies), of which 3 other partial other copies survive (Buffalo MS V.B.14.a.i–iii). The typescript was prepared from the Rosenbach (faircopy) manuscript version of the episode. The emendations Joyce made on this copy of the typescript also appear on the corresponding pages of MSS V.B.14.a.i–iii. These are the only surviving pages of the printers’ copy of the typescript. The text on the pages is as follows:
| MS V.B.14.a.iv | Ulysses 1922 (1992) / 1984 |
|---|---|
| p. [1]: Title page | NA |
| p. [2] | [569].01–570.24 / 16.0001–0055 |
| p. [3]: “- 2 -“ | 570.24–572.16 / 16.0056–0125 |
| p. [4]: “- 3 -“ | 572.16–573.29 / 16.0125–0180 |
| p. [5]: “- 4 -“ | 573.29–575.13 / 16.0180–0239 |
| p. [6]: “- 5 -“ | 575.14–576.35 / 16.0240–0299 |
| p. [7]: “- 6 -“ | 576.35–578.22 / 16.0299–0364 |
| p. [8]: “- 7 -“ | 578.22–580.13 / 16.0364–0430 |
| p. [9]: “- 8 -“ | 580.14–581.32 / 16.0430–0487 |
| p. [10]: “- 9 -“ | 581.32–583.37 / 16.0487–0569 |
| p. [11]: “- 10 -“ | 584.01–585.15 / 16.0570–0623 |
| p. [12]: “- 11 -“ | 585.16–586.32 / 16.0624–0680 |
| p. [13]: “- 12 -“ | 586.33–588.18 / 16.0681–0741 |
| p. [14]: [“- 13 -“] | Missing; MS V.B.14.a.i, p. [14] |
| p. [15]: [“- 14 -“] | Missing; MS V.B.14.a.i, p. [15] |
| p. [16]: [“- 15 -“] | Missing; MS V.B.14.a.i, p. [16] |
| p. [17]: “- 16 -“ | 593.14–595.02 / 16.0922–0985 |
| p. [18]: “- 17 -“ | 595.03–596.23 / 16.0985–1043 |
| p. [19]: “- 18 -“ | 596.23–598.12 / 16.1043–1107 |
| pp. [20]–[25]: [“- 19 -“–”- 24 -“] | Missing; MS V.B.14.a.i, pp. [20]–[25] |
| p. [26]: “- 25 -“ | 608.21–610.24 / 16.1500–1580 |
| p. [27]: “- 26 -“ | 610.24–612.07 / 16.1580–1641 |
| p. [28]: “- 27 -“ | 612.07–613.31 / 16.1641–1704 |
| p. [29]: “- 28 -“ | 613.32–615.21 / 16.1706–1768 |
| p. [30]: “- 29 -“ | 615.21–616.35 / 16.1768–1821 |
| p. [31]: “- 30 -“ | 617.02–618.25 / 16.1823–1884 |
| p. [32]: “- 31 -“ | 618.26–32 / 16.1885–1891 |
Dating
The typescript was prepared in February 1921 in Paris and revised by Joyce in black ink by 8 December 1921 for the printing of Ulysses . ( See Joyce to Frank Budgen; End of February 1921; LI 159 ).
Other Markings
There are Darantiere printers’ markings in lead pencil, including printers’ signatures, on all of the pages, except on p. [32]. On p. [9], the notation “Pl 2 ch. III” was written in blue crayon, presumably by the printer, and there is an X in orange crayon, all in the upper left margin.
Publication
The manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 15.371–377, 379–390 and 397–403.
Notes
There are 2 perforations in the left margins of all of the sheets, where the manuscript was previously fastened together. All of the pages are lightly stained with black ink and there are black ink smudges on pp. [2] and [3] and they were folded in horizontally in the center. There are 2 pre-Rosenbach manuscript levels: the earlier is the so-called “Eumeo” manuscript, which was sold at auction by Sotheby’s London to an anonymous private collector in July 2001, and only the second part of the later draft level is extant (Buffalo MS V.A.21).1 The first placards of the “Eumaeus” episode were set in early December 1921.
- See Peter Selley, “The Lost ‘Eumaeus’ Notebook: James Joyce, Autograph Manuscript of the ‘Eumaeus’ Episode of Ulysses ” (Sotheby’s London, 10 July 2001).