Joyce treasure trove to go on show

MORE than 130,000 James Joyce enthusiasts will be able to pore over rare, unshackled manuscripts from the literary giant.

The James Joyce and Ulysses exhibition in the National Library of Ireland will be launched by Arts Minister John O'Donoghue on June 14 and will open to the public the next day.

Among the exhibition's Joycean trove is the No 1 copy of the first edition of Ulysses, which chronicles the fictional meanderings of Leopold Bloom through his native city on June 16, 1904 Bloomsday. It was published in Paris in 1924.