[THE SAVOY]. SYMONS, Arthur (1865-1945), editor. Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator. The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. FIRST EDITION in book form.
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[THE SAVOY]. SYMONS, Arthur (1865-1945), editor. Aubrey Beardsley, illustrator. The Savoy: An Illustrated Quarterly. London: Leonard Smithers, 1896.
3 volumes (Nos. I-VIII [all published]), 4to. Numerous illustrations after Beardsley and others. (Tear to one title-page repaired, some minor chipping, weak hinges.) Publisher’s original gilt-pictorial cobalt cloth, smooth spine gilt-lettered and decorated (chipping to spines, spines darkened, some corners bumped).
FIRST EDITION in book form with illustrations after Beardsley, Whistler, Beerbohm, Blake, Shannon, Pennell, and other contemporary artists. Literary contributions by Yeats, Beardsley, Conrad, and G.B. Shaw, amongst others. Reproductions include line and half-tone wood engravings by Paul Naumann. Lasner 103.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana
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