The Savoy: Nineties Experiment
by Stanley Weintraub [ed.]
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 10.5" by 7.5". Aubrey Beardsley. Lovely first edition of this work celebrative of magazine 'The Savoy', complete with dust wrapper. The first edition of this work. Concerning The Savoy, literary and art magazine published in 1896, featuring authors such as W. B. Yeats, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, Aubrey Beardsley. The work was published by Leonard Smithers, known pornographer and controversial figure of the time.With charming black and white illustrations.Edited with an introduction by Stanley Weintraub.Complete with price clipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding over pictorial boards. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper price clipped and excellent with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 833A31
- Title
- The Savoy: Nineties Experiment
- Author
- Stanley Weintraub [ed.]
- Illustrator
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Pennsylvania State University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 10.5" by 7.5"
- Keywords
- first editions aubrey beardsley illustrated aubrey beardsley
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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