Robert Jacks: his Bloomsday book (deluxe edition)

Melbourne: Macmillan Art Publishing, 2004. Folio (37 x 27 cm), embossed with an original collage design by the artist on front panel, housed in striking red and blue clamshell box; [20] pages, illustrated throughout and accompanied by poetry by James Joyce et al. The deluxe edition, limited to 100 copies, in the superior binding, with an original signed screenprint bound in.

The Bloomsday book was conceived by Jacks as part of his involvement with the centenary of Bloomsday, the day of events in the work Ulysses. The book features striking Robert Jacks designs interwoven with poems, comments and quotations from the Joyce classic. The elegant and attractive deluxe edition.