The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley by Hind, C. Lewis (Introduction) - 1925

London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Beardsley, Aubrey. First printing, quarto size, 193 pp. Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), a well-known and beloved illustrator during the Aesthetic movement, created work in black ink with a strong Japanese woodblock influence, and his illustrations are known for their sense of the grotesque, decadent, and the erotic; this volume contains many of his uncollected and unpublished works, including numerous juvenalia and sketches. Some finished pieces in this collection are several illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, such as "The Black Cat", and illustrations from "Le Morte d'Arthur", Beardsley's first commission in 1893. The illustrations offer a unique look at the young artist, demonstrating the development of Beardsley's style and his move into book illustration.

___DESCRIPTION: Full white cloth, blue ruled borders, lettering, and line illustration of an archway on the front board, blue lettering and ornament on the spine, blue vignette design on the rear board, top edge stained dark brown, fore- and bottom edges rough cut, frontispiece a reproduction of a painted portrait of Aubrey Beardsley, with lettered tissue guard, title page with reproduction of an archway bordering the text, illustrations by Beardsley reproduced in black-and-white throughout, each with lettered tissue guard; quarto size (11.5" by 9"), pagination: [i-v] v-xxvi [xxvii-xxix] [1] 2-162 [163-164].

___CONDITION: Volume is near fine, with corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; boards are clean overall with very slight soiling and minor toning to the edges, spine is lightly sunned, corners are gently bumped, interior pages have some very minor toning to the margins, with a few pages lightly foxed at the margins, but overall clean and bright.

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