ALS, one page, 7 x 4.75, March 7, 1921. Letter from Paris, responding to an autograph request, in full: "In reply to your letter of 24 ult forwarded here I have pleasure in enclosing for your daughter the autograph desired." In fine condition, with trimmed edges and one vertical fold. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope addressed in Joyce's hand. Ulysses had been serialized in the American journal The Little Review from 1918 to 1920, and the publication of the 'Nausicaa' episode led to prosecution for obscenity under the Comstock Act. The trial took place in February 1921—just weeks before Joyce wrote this letter—and resulted in a $100 fine for the publishers, who were also forced to cease publishing Ulysses in their journal.
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