The Yellow Book Illustrated Quarterly [Complete 13 Volume Set, 1894-7] by Harland, Henry [Editor]

John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1894-7 This is the one of the nicest complete sets of Yellow Books we have seen. All volumes are in their original bindings, complete and with no inscriptions. All pages and plates are fine with no foxing or damage. The bindings are just what you want to see. They have a glorious aged look without looking shabby, and most importantly they have a nice even colouring. These will look stunning on anybody's bookshelf! Each volume measures 8.25" tall x 6.5" wide, in total they cover 14" in shelf length.The Yellow Book An Illustrated Quarterly was published between 1894-97. Henry Harland was literary editor, and Aubrey Beardsley, whose exotic and provocative drawings brought immediate attention to the publication, was art editor until 1896. The Yellow Book was a miscellany of short stories, articles, poetry, and drawings. It was able to draw material from writers with wide differences of style and viewpoint, but its emphasis was on the bizarre, the "moder", and the aesthetic. It included among its contributors Max Beerbohm, John Davidson, Richard Le Gallienne, William Butler Yeats, Ernest Dowson, and Arnold Bennett. Oscar Wilde was very much associated with The Yellow Book because of his friendship with Aubrey Beardsley and other contributors, Beardsley illustrated Oscar Wilde's book Salome. When Oscar Wilde was arrested in Arpil 1895 Aubrey Beardsley was dismissed as art editor to be replaced by John Lane. The Yellow Book was associated with aesthetisism and decadence thus making it a talking point of its times and a extraordinarily interesting work for today's intellectuals. Catalogs: Yellow Book, Bindings, Oscar Wilde, Max Beerbohm, John Davidson, Richard Le Gallienne, William Butler Yeats, Ernest Dowson, Arnold Bennett