Audrey Beardsley : Under the Hill : Limited Edition 1959

Under the Hill

By Audrey Beardsley

Olympia Press, Paris, 1959. Limited edition #2184 of 3,000 numbered copies. Large 8vo, hardback bound in moire silk cloth and stamped in gilt, 123 pages. Wonderfully illustrated by Beardsley.

CONDITION
A very good copy. The cloth binding is good with no tears, gold endpapers very good, bookplate to inside front board (Giles Alexander Esme Gordon). All contents present and pages in lovely clean condition throughout. 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.

The version fpr sale here was completed by John Glassco and published in 1959 by Olympia Press, in a limited run of 3000 copies. This completed version was also later introduced into the Olympia Press/New English Library "Traveller's Companion Series" in 1966.

(Location : Desk Lower shelf)