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London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Frontispiece, five initial letters, and cover designs by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt with Beardsley's designs on upper and lower covers, slight cover wear, else fine and attractive. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Frontispiece, five initial letters, and cover designs by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Beardsley's Last Book. Beardsley had intended a series of 24 drawings for Jonson's Venetian comedy, but died before completing it, at the age of 26.
Volpone: Or The Foxe / A New Edition / With A Critical Essay On The Author By Vincent O'Sullivan And A Frontispiece, Five Initial Letters And A Cover Design by Beardsley by Beardsley, Aubrey & Ben Jonson - 1898
by Beardsley, Aubrey & Ben Jonson
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Volpone: Or The Foxe / A New Edition / With A Critical Essay On The Author By Vincent O'Sullivan And A Frontispiece, Five Initial Letters And A Cover Design by Beardsley
by Beardsley, Aubrey & Ben Jonson
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New York: John Lane, 1898. Published after his death. #115 of 1000. Frontispiece, Five Large Initial Letters and Vignettes. Original aquamarine cloth with elaborately gilt-stamped front cover after Beardsley's design. Spine missing 3/4 x 1/2" piece from head, tear in tail, but still present, corners bumped and rubbed, hinges starting. small puncture almost through back board. previous owners book plate on front pdep.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Book Condition Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher John Lane
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1898
- Size 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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Volpone: or The Foxe. With a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan together with an eulogy of the artist by Robert Ross
by (Beardsley, Aubrey) Jonson, Ben
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Volpone: or the Foxe...A New Edition. With a Critical Essay by Vincent O'Sullivan...Together with an Eulogy of the Artist by Robert Ross
by (Beardsley, Aubrey) Jonson, Ben
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- Used - Original aquamarine cloth with elaborately gilt-stamped front cover after Beardsley's design. Fine bright copy. Bookplate of Mau
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New York: John Lane, 1898. First Beardsley Edition, copy #393 of 1000 for England and America. Frontispiece, Five Large Initial Letters and Vignettes, and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Original aquamarine cloth with elaborately gilt-stamped front cover after Beardsley's design. Fine bright copy. Bookplate of Maurice Wertheim. In open faced cloth slipcase. Beardsley, Aubrey. First Beardsley Edition, copy #393 of 1000 for England and America. Frontispiece, Five Large Initial Letters and Vignettes, and cover design by Aubrey Beardsley. 1 vols. 4to. Beardsley's Volpone. One of Beardsley's consummate works, published here for the first time after his death. Ross's warm appreciation of Beardsley is an essential piece of Beardsleyana.
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