The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

Thirteen volumes. Dulled spines, bumped corners and spines. Foxed/age toned endpapers. Interiors generally clean and bright, top edges dusty/dulled. Contributors include Max Beerbohm, Henry James, E Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame, John Buchan, Ethel Reed, Ella d'Arcy, George Gissing, Edmund Gosse, Walter Sickert, Anatole France, Aubrey Beardsley, Ernest Dowson, Sir Frederick Leighton etc. With publishers' advertisements and Elkin Mathews and John Lane Belles Lettres catalogues at rear of each volume. Volume 1 April 1894 third edition, contemporary ink owners name and date and WH Smith impressed stamp on ffep. Tissue guards. Volume II July 1894 second edition, small damage to spine, binding a bit shaky, some loose folds, tissue guards, contemporary signature and address on contents page. Volume III October 1894 first edition, gutter starting to split, binding shaky, some folds coming loose, tissue guards, contemporary owners name and WH Smith impressed stamp x2 on ffep. Volume IV January 1895 first edition, contemporary name on ffep, tissue guards, minimal foxing. Volume V April 1895 first edition impressed WH Smith stamp on ffep. Volume VI July 1895 first edition,inside rear cover coming a little unstuck on edge, faint contemporary signature and impressed WH Smith stamp on ffep. Volume VII October 1895 second edition, impressed WH Smith stamp on ffep.Volume VIII January 1896 first edition, Impressed WH Smith stamp on ffep, contemporary owners signature on contents page, tissue guards. Volume IX April 1896 first edition, slight crack to gutter inside front, 1" approx tear to ffep fore edge, impressed WH Smith stamp. Volume X July 1896 first edition impressed WH Smith stamp on ffep, slight cracking to gutter. Volume XI October 1896 first edition. Copyright slip re The Happy Hypocrite by Max Beerbohm tipped in, chipping at top of spine, impressed stamp as before, cover bright. Volume XII January 1897 first edition, small tear at top of spine, WH Smith stamp as before, some tissue guards loose. Volume XIII April 1897 first edition, inside board beginning to detach, but otherwise sound, tissue guards. Heavy set, will require extra postage, photographs available on request