Beardsley: a biography. [Beginnings [1872-1888]; The high stool [1888-1891]; The well-traveled portfolio [1892-1893]; Aubrey and Oscar [1893-1895]; The Beardsley Boom [1893-1894]; The prevalence of yellow [1894-1895]; Beardsley in limbo [1895]; The savoy ascendant [1898]; The savoy in extremis [1896]; Retreat [1896-1897]; Exile [1897]; Menton [1898]; The long shadow.] [Aubrey Beardsley, imp of the perverse]

Weintraub, Stanley, 1929- ; illustrations, Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898.

Published by London, W.H. Allen, 1967, 1967

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[1st British edition] ; xvii, 285 pages frontispiece (portrait), 16 plates 22 cm ; LCCN: 68-70272 ; LC: NC242.B3; Dewey: 741/.0924; B ; OCLC: 455859 ; brown cloth with decorations in gold ; in pictorial edge nicked dustjcaket ; "An account of the prolific and notorious nineteenth-century artist-illustrator's life and career is illustrated by one hundred fifty of his drawings, including those for Salome, The Yellow Book, and Lysistrata." ; Contents: Beginnings [1872-1888] -- The high stool [1888-1891] -- The well-traveled portfolio [1892-1893] -- Aubrey and Oscar [1893-1895] -- The Beardsley Boom [1893-1894] -- The prevalence of yellow [1894-1895] -- Beardsley in limbo [1895] -- The savoy ascendant [1898] -- The savoy in extremis [1896] -- Retreat [1896-17] -- Exile [1897] -- Mentone [1898] -- The long shadow. ; "printed in the United States of America for the publishers W. H. Allen & Company, Essex Street, London WC2" ; original price in shillings ; "Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts anStanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Penn State University and the author of notad Humanities at Penn State University and the author of notable histories and biographies" ; VG/G. Seller Inventory # 007386

Bibliographic Details

Title: Beardsley: a biography. [Beginnings [1872-...

Publisher: London, W.H. Allen, 1967

Publication Date: 1967

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition.

Book Type: Book