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Fin De Siècle Art & Literature by the Aesthetes & Decadents of the 1890S Fin De Art & Literature By The Aesthetes Siècle & Decadents Of The 1890s JONKERS RARE BOOKS 1 Fin De Siècle Art & Literature By The Aesthetes & Decadents Of The 1890s Offered for sale by: Jonkers Rare Books 27 Hart Street Henley on Thames RG9 2AR 01491 576427 (within the UK) +44 1491 576427 (from overseas) email: [email protected] website: www.jonkers.co.uk Payment is accepted by cheque or bank transfer in either pounds sterling or US dollars and all major credit cards. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and as described. Any unsatisfactory item may be returned within ten days of receipt. All items in this catalogue may be ordered via our secure website. The website also lists over 2000 books, manuscripts and pieces of artwork from our stock, as well as a host of other information. 2 Aubrey Beardsley 3 4 Le Morte Darthur Commissioned when Beardsley was just twenty years old, Le Morte Darthur is his first major work, and is still considered one of his finest. The work was issued by subscription in twelve parts between June 1893 and Novem- ber 1894 in a deluxe edition of 300 copies on Van Gelder paper (Item 1), in addition to 1,500 copies on ordinary paper (Item 2). On completion of the serialisation, subscrib- ers were encouraged to have the work bound by the publishers “in a specially designed case for binding at 3s per volume” (Item 3). The enduring popularity of his edition of the Arthurian classic is demonstrated by Dent issuing new editions of the work with additional illustrations erroneously omitted from the first edition in 1909 and 1927. Item( 4). A limited edition portfolio containing these omitted drawings was also issued in 1927. 5 LARGE PAPER ISSUE IN ORIGINAL PARTS 1. Le Morte Darthur BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; MALORY, Sir Thomas Dent, London, 1893-1894. First edition, deluxe issue. Number 101 of 300 sets printed on large Dutch handmade paper. Twelve original parts, each in original light grey card wrap- pers with design by Beardsley in brown to the upper covers. Two photogravure frontispieces and eigh- teen full page wood engravings (including five dou- ble-page), numerous text illustrations, and approxi- mately 350 designs for chapter headings and borders, all by Aubrey Beardsley. A fine set, with the wrappers of each volume exceptionally clean and crisp and free from all but the most trivial wear. Internally some plates show oxidisation and corresponding offsetting as usual, but the text exceptionally clean and for the most part, unopened. Housed in early custom boxes. An extraordinary set. The work was issued by subscription in twelve parts be- tween June 1893 and November 1894 in an edition of 1500 copies on standard paper and 300 copies on Van Gelder paper. On completion of the serialisation, subscribers to the large paper issue were encouraged to have the work “be bound in Vellum, as being handsomely in keeping with the style of the edition and very strong.” (publisher’s notice tipped in to the final volume of this set). The small limitation of the deluxe issue makes it under- standably scarce in any form. Nevertheless, anecdotal ev- idence of copies seen in the publisher’s binding and those in original wrappers, would suggest that most copies were either bound up or have since perished. [39709] £15,000 6 IN ORIGINAL PARTS 2. Le Morte Darthur seldom encountered in its original wrappers. The classic combination of Aubrey Beardsley’s distinctive drawings BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; MALORY, Sir Thomas and the Arthurian legend. One of the most iconic books of the fin de Dent, London, 1893-1894. siècle. First edition. Twelve original parts, each in original green paper The anecdotal evidence of copies seen in the publisher’s binding (not wrappers with design by Beardsley in brown to the upper covers. infrequently) and those in original wrappers (seldom), would suggest Housed in publisher’s black cloth boxes blocked in gilt to spine that the vast majority of copies were either bound up or have since and upper covers to match the blocking for the books. Two pho- perished. Certainly the surviving parts sets usually show significant togravure frontispieces and eighteen full page wood engravings, damage to the wrappers. numerous text illustrations, and approximately 350 designs for This set owes its remarkable survival to the publisher’s boxes, seem- chapter headings and borders, all by Aubrey Beardsley. A near ingly commissioned, probably around 1909, by an early owner, one J fine set with trivial wear to some of the oversized parts of the Pollet, who has laid a note in stating, “The only Case made + stamped wrappers and a little light chipping to the paper at the head of with the gold design of the original issue in 2 volumes 1893”. the spine on part III, but is an exceptionally well preserved set, [39586] £8,500 7 8 9 IN PUBLISHER’S VELLUM 3. Le Morte Darthur headings and borders, all by Aubrey Beardsley. A near fine set, with clean vellum and bright gilt, with just a little spotting to BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; MALORY, Sir Thomas the edges. Internally fresh. Dent, London, 1893-1894. The work was issued in parts and then bound in cloth for the standard First edition. Two volumes, both bound from the parts in the edition of 1500 copies and in vellum for the 300 copies of the large pa- publisher’s deluxe binding of full vellum blocked in gilt to per edition on Van Gelder paper. However, it was possible to request spine and upper cover after a design by Beardsley. Top edge gilt, to have the standard issue bound in vellum (as here), though evidence other’s uncut. Two photogravure frontispieces and eighteen full suggests that very few copies were bound thus, with only three copies page wood engravings (including five double-page), numerous being offered at auction in the last 45 years. text illustrations, and approximately 350 designs for chapter [39593] £6,000 10 IN THE DUSTWRAPPER 4. Le Morte Darthur the first time having been accidentally omitted from previous editions. A fine copy, bright and fresh, in a near fine dustwrap- BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; MALORY, Sir Thomas per which has a touch of wear to the spine ends, and a shade of Dent, 1927. toning to the spine. Third Beardsley edition, one of 1600 copies. Black cloth with A handsome, beautifully produced edition of Beardsley’s magnum Beardsley design stamped in gilt on the covers, in the pictori- opus, notable for being the first edition to include all of the artist’s al dustwrapper. Top edge gilt, others uncut. A total of 365 de- illustrations. signs by Beardsley, including twenty-two full page plates (six of Lasner 22C which are double-page), decorative borders, initials, and chap- [39043] £1,950 ter headings, the chapter heading on p. 368 published here for 11 The Savoy The ultimate periodical testament to the spirit of the fin de siecle in Lon- don, The Savoy ran for eight issues between January and December 1896, following Beardsley’s sacking from The Yellow Book. 1896 was, as R. A. Walker has put it, Beardsley’s Annus Mirabilis, and in the Savoy he produced some of his finest illustrations, his style having reached maturity. Alongside these illustrations, and under the guid- ance of Beardsley, Arthur Symons and its publisher Leonard Smithers, the list of contributors is a Who’s Who of liter- ary and artistic life in the ‘90s, featuring Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, Ernest Dowson, George Bernard Shaw, W. B. Yeats, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and James McNeil Whistler. The Savoy, true to its age, had its own tragic fall and was discontinued after the December issue. The content of the final issue is contributed entirely by Beardsley and Symons, with the latter writing: “Our first mistake was in giving so much for so little money; our second, in abandoning a quarterly for a monthly issue... And then, worst of all, we assumed that there were very many people in the world who really cared for art, and really for art’s sake.” 12 EXCEPTIONAL SET IN ORIGINAL BOARDS & WRAPPERS 5. The Savoy An Illustrated Quarterly BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; SYMONS, Arthur Leonard Smithers, 1896. Eight volumes, being the complete run. The first two volumes bound in the original pink paper-covered boards, the remaining six in the blue paper wrappers, all as issued. Beardsley’s illustrated Christmas card laid into the first volume, and Smithers’s notice of The Savoy’s discontinuation laid into volume six. Advertisements to the rear of each volume. Housed in three custom green slipcases and chemises. Cover illustrations to each volume by Aubrey Beardsley, with further illustrations by some of the great artists of the 1890s including James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Walter Sickert. An exceptional set, in fine, bright condition. There are minor traces of wear to the margins of the wrappers and very occasional slight browning to the spines, but overall far better than usually encountered. There is a little tenderness to the second volume’s upper hinge, and a couple of light spots to the wrapper of the sixth volume. That said, the overall brightness and crispness of the blue wrappers is particularly noteworthy. It is rare to find sets complete and as issued, and in such nice condition. [39624] £5,500 13 ANTHONY POWELL’S COPY 6. Aubrey Beardsley BEARDSLEY, Aubrey; SYMONS, Arthur Unicorn Press, 1898. First edition. Small 4to. Grey paper covered boards over white cloth, lettered in gilt. All edges untrimmed. Three black and white portraits of Beardsley. Six full page illustrations by Beard- sley, one in colour.
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