Begins: It is a matter of common knowledge that the Ulysses of Mr. James Joyce is being republished in the United States ...
At top of page: Paris, 2nd February 1927.
Also cited as: International protest. Cf. Slocum & Cahoon: James Joyce, page 100.
Drafted by Ludwig Lewisohn and Archibald MacLeish and probably revised by Joyce. Cf. Letters of James Joyce, v. 3, edited by R. Ellman, New York, 1966, p. 151.
The unauthorized (incomplete) serialization of Ulysses appeared in Samuel Roth's magazine Two Worlds Monthly from July 1926 to October 1927.
With a list of 167 signatories: Lascelles Abercrombie, Richard Aldington, Sherwood Anderson, et cetera.
The protest was also issued in French.
Reprinted in Transition no. 1 (April, 1927) under the headline: Stop thief!.
International protest