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first edition 4to. [8],212pp., frontispiece portrait plate, 50 full-page drawings by Beardsley each with an accompanying title leaf, publisher's scarlet cloth with the front cover very boldly pictorially blocked and lettered with a Beardsley design, small Beardsley vignette gilt blocked at centre of rear cover, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, endpapers, half-title, first illustration (on different paper from others) foxed, spine faded, top 1 cm.of boards a little faded, two small splash marks at top edge of boards slightly bleeding onto the top edge of the first illustration, else a nice bright copy.
A Book of Fifty Drawings. by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey - 1897
by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey
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A Book of Fifty Drawings.
by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey
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London: Leonard Smithers,, 1897. Quarto. Original red cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, gilt-stamped design to front cover, publisher's device in gilt to rear cover. Portraiture frontispiece with tissue guard and 50 illustrated plates with captioned tissue guards. Spine lightly faded, very minor wear to extremities, a couple of faint marks to covers, light foxing to endpapers and first plate. A very good copy. First and limited edition, one of 500 copies. This work collects together various book illustrations by Beardsley, most notably including those from Le Morte Darthur (1893), Salome (1894), A Comedy of Sighs (1894), the Rape of the Lock (1896), the Yellow Book (1894-7), and the Savoy magazine (1896). A beautiful collection of illustrations, this work was one of the last publications in Beardsley's lifetime; he died on 16 March 1898.
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- Publisher London: Leonard Smithers,
- Date Published 1897
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A Book of Fifty Drawings: With an Iconography by Aymer Vallance
by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey
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Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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A Book of Fifty Drawings
by Aubrey Beardsley
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Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
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UK: Leonard Smithers, 1897. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1st Edition 1897. Japon issue. Large quarto. 212pp. Including 50 plates by Aubrey Beardsley. Red cloth gilt with illustration by Beardsley. Iconography by Aymer Vallance. Book is very good+ and bright. Spine lightened and gilt work very dull. Edges lightly rubbed in places. Contents good. Pages slightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18408
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A book of Fifty Drawings,
by Aubrey Beardsley
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Milton, Ontario, Canada
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Leonard Smither's and Co shows very minor wear, spine shows some fading. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.
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A Book of Fifty Drawings
by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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London: Leonard Smithers, 1897. Hardcover. Fine. First edition, Japon issue. Large quarto. 212pp. (including 50 plates). Red cloth gilt with illustration by Beardsley. Iconography by Aymer Vallance. Attractive bookplate of Oliver Henry Perkins on front pastedown, nominal soiling, a fine copy. One of 500 copies printed on Japanese vellum, there was also a special edition of 50 copies. A handsome copy.
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A Book Of Fifty Drawings [and] A Second Book Of Fifty Drawings; With an Iconography By Aymer Vallance
by Beardsley, Aubrey
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- Used - Orig. red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Teg. 2 vols. Very good
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ardsley, New York, United States
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London: Leonard Smithers, 1899. First editions. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Teg. 2 vols. Very good. 212, 209 (2) pages. 29 x 22.5 cm. First title in a limited edition of 500 and second, limited edition of 1000. Two pages of adverts in Second Book. The two volumes collect together various book and other illustrations by Beardsley, including those from Le Morte Darthur, Salome, The Yellow Book and other works. A handsome showcase of the iconic artist's work. Endpapers in first book toned, with book label of Mark Samuels Lasner front board paste-down, rubbing to corners and backstrip extremities. Second book with two book plates, spine darkened, wear to corners and backstrip head and foot. Interior contents of both fresh, clean and bright.
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