Shelfmark
TG
Additional shelfmark
Kgg.2
Title
The Savoy : an illustrated quarterly.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Leonard Smithers, 1896.
Physical description
8 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note
Edited by Arthur Symonds.
Note
With contributions from: Aubrey Beardsley; Max Beerbohm; Jacques E. Blanche; Ernest Dowson; Joseph Pennell; William Rothenstein; Charles H. Shannon; George Bernard Shaw; Walter Sickert; Arthur Symons; Paul Verlaine; James McNeill Whistler; W.B. Yeats and others.
Note
Subtitle varies from July: "An illustrated monthly".
Note
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan. 1896)-v. 1, no. 8 (Dec. 1896). Ceased publication with no. 8 (Dec. 1896).
Note
The journal was discontinued, in part, by Wilde's conviction in 1895, poor sales and W.H. Smith's boycott due to its controversial content. Upon cessation of publication, the Savoy was re-issued as a 3 vol. set.
Note
Untrimmed edges.
Note
Vols 1-2: Publisher's pink paper boards, designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
Note
Vols 3-8: Publisher's pale green wrappers, designed by Aubrey Beardsley.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Inscription recording donation by Simon Towneley in October 2009.
Binding
[Copy 1] Housed in 20th century green buckram clamshell box.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Includes Aubrey Beardsley's Christmas card, tipped in at end of vol. 1. Publisher's advertisements loosely inserted in vols 1, 3 and 7.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Vols 1-2 only.
Subject
English literature 19th century Periodicals.
Subject
Art, English 19th century Periodicals.
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England London.
Identifier
B49847