Aubrey Beardsley : Under the Hill : Decorative Cloth Binding : 1st Edition 1904

Under the Hill By Audrey Beardsley London; John Lane Publisher The Bodley Head, 1904. First Edition. 4to, hardback bound in decorative green cloth, xi (Publisher's Note)+ 70 pp. + 5 additional unpaginated plates with captioned tissue guards+ 4 pp. Wonderfully illustrated by Beardsley. CONDITION A very good copy. The cloth binding is good with no tears. Endpapers good with some light age-toning. All contents present and pages in good condition throughout and free from foxing or stains. Overall a good copy. Under the Hill is an unfinished erotic novel by Aubrey Beardsley, based on the legend of Tannhäuser. The first parts of it were published in The Savoy and later issued in book form by Leonard Smithers. In 1907, the original manuscript was published and entitled The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser. (BS2/4UP)