An extremely rare first edition of Ulysses that was "stored in its original box, unopened and away from the light" since publication in 1922

An “astonishingly well-preserved” first edition of James Joyce‘s Ulysses — number 45 of the first hundred printed, signed by Joyce himself — was sold yesterday at auction in London for £275,000, “the highest price recorded for a 20th-century first edition,” according to a Guardian report by Mark Brown. Fun fact to know and tell: The Guardian reports it was “unopened” — presumably meaning the pages were uncut — save for the “more salacious bits” near the end.