A Book of Fifty Drawings by Beardsley, Aubrey - 1897

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.

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

Leonard Smither's and Co shows very minor wear, spine shows some fading. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

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.

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.