Ulysses by James Joyce, Penguin
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
on Jun 16th, 2026. Artwork published in
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Penguin’s first paperback edition of Ulysses, published as Modern Classics 3000.
Mike Dempsey comments:
Penguin’s master typographer Hans Schmoller (1916–1985) designed this elegant cover in 1969 [1968]. Selecting the perfect typeface Spectrum, modifying the capital letters and arranging it perfectly on the blackest of backgrounds, making the result timeless and beautiful.
The interior – starting with a short bio of Joyce – is set in Plantin.
The open caps on the title page aren’t from Jan van Krimpen’s Open Kapitalen as one might expect. Instead, they are from Max Caflisch’s similar Columna, here used with an alternate Y.
The back cover has a drawing of James Joyce by Augustus John.
