Under the Hill

Beardsley, Aubrey

Published by John Lane the Bodley Head, London & New York, 1921

About this Item

Under the Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse by Aubrey Beardsley with Illustrations. 4to, xvi, 70 pp & 4pp adds. Photogravure frontis, 16 plates by Beardsley (3 illustrations are published for the 1st time). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. Fine copy with crisp pages and plates as well as it's dust jacket. Beardsley was an illustrator and writer, "notorious in the 1890s as the outstanding artist of fin-de-siecle decadence." [Oxf Comp]. This volume is a collection of Beardsley's literary remains, including the dedication and text of "Under the Hill," "The Three Musicians," "The Ballad of a Barber," a translation of Catullus, "Table Talk," and two letters. Seller Inventory # 7635

Bibliographic Details

Title: Under the Hill

Publisher: John Lane the Bodley Head, London & New York

Publication Date: 1921

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: Fourth edition.