YELLOW BOOK, THE. An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume IX April 1896 by Various - 1896

London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1897. [Aesthetic Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.316 [16]. With 18 black and white plates by various artists, including the Scottish painter D.Y. Cameron, each with a tissue-guard. Publisher's yellow cloth with titles and decoration in black. All edges untrimmed. Internally clean with some toning to endpapers. A few leaves poorly opened. A large contemporary library label to rear board. Spine browned, with moderate general wear and a 1cm split to head. Very good. The last of 13 volumes in this era-defining series, combining short stories, poetry, essays, reviews, and contemporary art. This issue features 'The Blessed' by Yeats.

John Lane, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894-97. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6.5". Various. A complete collection of all thirteen volumes of the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'. Each volume the first edition, first impression with book lists and/or publisher's announcements to rear, which did not appear in later impressions. Complete run with all thirteen volumes of The Yellow Book, a leading British literary quarterly magazine in the 1890s, running from 1894 to 1897, with notorious authors such as Kenneth Grahame, H. G. Wells, W. B. Yeats, and Henry James contributing some first publications. The magazine contained a variety of literary and artistic genres, and was often associated with the currents of aestheticism and decadence. Including poetry, short stories, essays, book illustrations, portraits, and reproductions of paintings. John Lane and Elkin Mathews, the founders of The Bodley Head, published this artistic and often controversial… Read More

London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane; John Lane The Bodley Head; The Bodley Head, 1894-1949. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 6.5". Various. A lovely set of all thirteen volumes of 'The Yellow Book' literary quarterly, published at the end of the nineteenth century, with numerous plates throughout each volume. Complete and highly sought after first edition thirteen volume set, containing second impressions without the adverts to the rear of text. This collection also includes one additional volume from 1949, containing selections from the 1894-97 volumes with the very rare dust wrapper for this.Illustrations include title-page engravings and numerous illustrated plates to each volume, illustrated by a range of artists.This is a lovely collection containing the entirety of 'The Yellow Book', the literary periodical that was published from 1895 to 1897. These issues contained a range of literary and artistic poetry, short, stories, and essays from very important writers of the day. These… Read More

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1894-97. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6.5". Various. A sought after set of all thirteen volumes from the widely celebrated Victorian literary and artistic periodical 'The Yellow Book'. Complete run of all first edition thirteen volumes of The Yellow Book, a leading British literary quarterly magazine in the 1890s, running from 1894 to 1897, with famous authors such as Kenneth Grahame, H. G. Wells, W. B. Yeats, and Henry James contributing some first publications. The periodical was also notable for publishing many female authors and illustrators within, including Ella D'Arcy, George Egerton, Ada Leverson and Ethel Reed.The magazine contained a variety of literary and artistic genres, and was often associated with the currents of aestheticism and decadence. Including poetry, short stories, essays, book illustrations, portraits, and reproductions of paintings. John Lane and Elkin Mathews, the founders of The Bodley Head, published this artistic… Read More