The Pierrot of the Minute - A Dramatic Phantasy in One Act. by BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illustrates). DOWSON, Ernest - 1897

Leonard Smithers, London., 1897. First edition. Small quarto. 43 pages. Frontispiece, initial letter, vignette and cul-de-lampe by Aubrey Beardsley. One of 300 copies - there were a further 30 large paper copies. Contemporary binding by Henry Blackwell of three-quarters morocco, raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations on spine, marbled boards and endpapers.The binder's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown.Maxwell Steinhardt's bookplate, by Rockwell Kent, on front free endpaper. The preliminaries, including the half-title and frontispiece (but not the title), are loose and chipped at lower edges. Frontispiece a little discoloured from impact with the protective tissue guard. Covers a little rubbed at extremities. Good.