THE SAVOY An Illustrated Quarterly No 2 April 1896 by Beardsley - 1896

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. 1st . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Beardsley, Aubrey et al. 170pp.+adverts; HB brwn.boards w/blk.-pic.cover; heavy rub&wear w/covers detached w/chips&tears; stains&frayed edges; pages loosening or detached (all pages included); pages w/lt.tan,but clean. Lead Article: "On Going to Church" by G.Bernard Shaw. + first 3 chapters of Beardsley's Under the Hill (illustrated)

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Hardcover. Fair. Covers display significant shelf wear. Remnants of paper on spine is loose, exposing linen. Spine is shaken, but text is held together. Some pages show rips or other wear, creasing. This copy is complete except for the large Christmas card. Reading copy only, some pen writing on ffep and llight marginalia in pencil.. Tan boards with black illustration. 170 pp + iv. 22 BW illustrations. An illustrated quarterly with stories and poems by many authors, including Aubrey Beardsley, G. Bernard Shaw, Ernest Dowson, W.B. Yeats, and others. Despite its condition, this is a very readable copy with clear text. An excellent copy for a collector.

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Hardback. Good Only. 10" by 8". Various. The first issue of the short lived literature, art, and criticism magazine 'The Savoy', a wonderful illustrated periodical by Leonard Smithers, Arthur Symons, and Aubrey Beardsley. Issue number 1 of 'The Savoy', published in January 1896.This issue includes 'Zola: The Man and His Work' by Havelock Ellis, 'A Good Prince' by Max Beerbohm, 'Dieppe: 1895' by Arthur Symons, 'Under the Hill' by Aubrey Beardsley, 'A Golden Decade in English Art', and more. Illustrated with an engraved title page, engraved contents page, and nineteen plates and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.'The Savoy' was an illustrated quarterly of literature, art, and criticism. The magazine, dubbed 'a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism', only published eight issues from January to December 1896. A competitor of 'The Yellow Book' the magazine published works from the members of the Decadent movement, as the movement began to decline after… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Hardback. Good Only. 10" by 7.5". Various. The first ever issue of 'The Savoy', a popular late Victorian illustrated periodical produced by friends of Oscar Wilde. Issue number 1 of 'The Savoy', published in January 1896.This issue includes 'Zola: The Man and His Work' by Havelock Ellis, 'A Good Prince' by Max Beerbohm, 'Dieppe: 1895' by Arthur Symons, 'Under the Hill' by Aubrey Beardsley, 'A Golden Decade in English Art', and more. Illustrated with an engraved title page, engraved contents page, and nineteen plates and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.'The Savoy' was an illustrated quarterly of literature, art, and criticism. The magazine, dubbed 'a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism', only published eight issues from January to December 1896. A competitor of 'The Yellow Book' the magazine published works from the members of the Decadent movement, as the movement began to decline after the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde.From January-April the… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. Book. Illus. by Beardsley, Aubrey. Good. Hardcover. Three hardcover volumes containing all eight issues of The Savoy, the total run of this short-lived but influential journal of art, literature, and culture. Issue One: Literary Contents: EDITORIAL NOTE // ON GOING TO CHURCH. An Article by G. BERNARD SHAW // TO NANCY. A Story by FREDERICK WEDMORE // MANDOLINE. A Poem, translated by Arthur Symons from the Fêtes Galantes of PAUL VERLAINE (illustrated) // A GOOD PRINCE. An Article by MAX BEERBOHM // THE EYES OF PRIDE. A Story by ERNEST DOWSON // THE THREE MUSICIANS. A Poem by AUBREY BEARDSLEY (illustrated) // ZOLA: THE MAN AND HIS WORK. An Article by HAVELOCK ELLIS // TWO LOVE POEMS-The Shadowy Horses:The Travail of Passion. By W.B. YEATS // DIEPPE: 1895. An Article by ARTHUR SYMONS (illustrated) // ELLEN. A Story by RUDOLF DIRCKS // SEA-MUSIC. A Poem by MATHILDE BLIND // A GOLDEN DECADE IN ENGLISH ART. An Article by JOSEPH PENNELL (illustrated) // A GLASS… Read More

London: Leonard Smithers, 1896. No. 1, January, 1896. The first issue of this periodical that featured various writers and artists of the nineties, the most prominent and recognizable of whom was Beardsley. Publisher’s pink boards; some wear, especially at the extremities; bookplate; 1948 gift inscription, about very good, but in the rare (or apparently unrecorded) dust jacket. The jacket is plain brown paper on which the cover illustration (designed by Beardsley, but on white or cream paper) is mounted. The jacket has marginal wear and chips, missing small portions at the spine ends, which have also suffered on the binding; the jacket wear corresponds to wear to the volume. This copy does not have the Christmas card often found with the volume.