The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly

Title: The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly Author: Harland, Henry, ed. Publication: London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane [imprint varies], 1894-1897. Description: Complete thirteen-volume set of the art and literary periodical "The Yellow Book" (1894-1897), five volumes of which are famously illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Early issue, without later-edition statement on covers, but without advertisements at rear. Bound in publisher's binding of full yellow cloth, stamped in black. Bindings with mild soiling and sunning and text with scattered foxing. 13 volumes; 8.25 x 6.75 inches. Very Good. An attractive and collectible copy. At the time, salacious French publications were wrapped in yellow, and the "Yellow Book" was so titled and colored to suggest that the contents of the periodical were risque, though the editor John Lane was in fact careful to remove controversial content. "The Yellow Book" includes contributions from a number of women writers and illustrators, such as El