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The Yellow Book. A Selection.
by Denny, Norman (Editor), Henry Harland, Henry James, Arthur Symons, Max Beerbohm, Kenneth Grahame, WB Yeats, Edmund Gosse
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Langley, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London. New York. :: The Bodley Head. The Viking Press. ,, 1950.. First Edition. Very Good +. Very Good+. Clipped ff.. Lightly rubbed boards. Octavo (6 x 8 Inches). Yellow decorated cloth with black lettering with Beardsley illustrations to boards and spine. Selection listing on rear board. [1-16] 372 pp, Color frontispiece by Max Beerbohm plus 36 plates. Compiled by Norman Denny, mirroring the tone of the original 13 volumes of The Yellow Book; a quarterly publication produced from April 1894 to 1897, a fine selection of writing and illustration from the risqué and short-lived The Yellow Book which 'could not be forgiven to be Edwardian with Victoria still on the throne.' Includes literature and prose by Henry James, William Watson, The Yellow Dwarf, Henry Harland, Henry James, Arthur Symons, Max Beerbohm, Kenneth Grahame, WB Yeats, Edmund Gosse with drawings by John S. Sargent, Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Walter Sickert, H. Isabel Adams, and Sir Frederick Leighton. Cloth
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- Bookseller
- Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7265
- Title
- The Yellow Book. A Selection.
- Author
- Denny, Norman (Editor), Henry Harland, Henry James, Arthur Symons, Max Beerbohm, Kenneth Grahame, WB Yeats, Edmund Gosse
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bodley Head. The Viking Press. ,
- Place of Publication
- London. New York. :
- Date Published
- 1950.
- Keywords
- 19th C. literary publication Aubrey Beardsley, Max Beerbohm Henry James The Yellow Dwarf fin de siecle publications Beerbohm, Max. Beardsley, Aubrey. Housman, Laurence. Crane, Walter. Sargent, John S. Sickert, Walter. Leighton, Sir Fredrick Books
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
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Langley, Washington
About Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books
Established in 1986, Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books features original engravings and lithographs from the 17th through the 19th Centuries including original work by John James Audubon, early Natural History Prints, Botany and Horticulture, Maps and Cartography.
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- Good+
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- Octavo
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