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The Savoy an Illustrated Quarterly
Arthur Symons; Aubrey Beardsley
1896
Leonard Smithers : London
10" by 8"
[1], 14-170, [2pp], iv
SUMMARY
The first issue of the short lived literature, art, and criticism magazine 'The Savoy', a wonderful illustrated periodical by Leonard Smithers, Arthur Symons, and Aubrey Beardsley.
Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good Only
This book weighs 0.75 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
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DESCRIPTION
Issue number 1 of 'The Savoy', published in January 1896.
This issue includes 'Zola: The Man and His Work' by Havelock Ellis, 'A Good Prince' by Max Beerbohm, 'Dieppe: 1895' by Arthur Symons, 'Under the Hill' by Aubrey Beardsley, 'A Golden Decade in English Art', and more.
Illustrated with an engraved title page, engraved contents page, and nineteen plates and in-text illustrations.
Collated, complete.
'The Savoy' was an illustrated quarterly of literature, art, and criticism. The magazine, dubbed 'a manifesto in revolt against Victorian materialism', only published eight issues from January to December 1896. A competitor of 'The Yellow Book' the magazine published works from the members of the Decadent movement, as the movement began to decline after the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde.
From January-April the periodical was published in two quarterly issues, and became monthly for six months from July to December.
Published by Leonard Smithers, a controversial man friends with Oscar Wilde, known for erotic and pornographic works, and for sometimes binding books in human skin. Smithers begun this magazine alongside writer Arthur Symons and the artist Aubrey Beardsley.
With illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Joseph Pennell, Louis Oury, W. Rothenstein, and more.
Four pages of adverts to the rear.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally, worn, with some loss to the spine and joints. Crack to the head of the rear joint. Some discolouration and marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Front board is detaching. Rear hinge is a little strained. Bookseller's stamp to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a few light spots.
Overall Condition: Good Only
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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