THE YELLOW BOOK: An Illustrated Quarterly (Volumes I - IV)

4 Volumes. FIRST EDITIONS (Volume I states Second Edition to front cover but has the misspelling of 'April' generally used to identify First Editions). Small 4to. yellow cloth hardbacks with titles and illustrated boards in black. All edges untrimmed. Volume I: 272pp. plus 18pp.Advertisements and 15pp. Publisher's List. Illustrated with 15 b/w tissue-guarded plates by artists including Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, Will Rothenstein and Sir Frederic Leighton. Volume II: 360pp. plus 8pp. Yellow Book advertisements and 15pp. Publisher's List. Illustrated with 23 b/w tissue-guarded plates by artists including Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, Walter Crane and John S. Sargent. Volume III: 279pp. plus 8pp. Yellow Book advertisements and 15pp. Publisher's List. Illustrated with 15 b/w tissue-guarded plates by artists including Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, Max Beerbohm and P. Wilson Steer. Volume IV: 285pp. plus 16pp. Yellow Book advertisements and 15pp. Publisher's List. Illustrated with 17 b/w tissue-guarded plates by artists including Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert, Will Rothenstein and Charles Conder. A clean set with no markings or inscriptions. Bindings nice and firm. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims and untrimmed foredges. Spines somewhat sun-darked and light soiling to boards. Light wear to tops and bases of spines, including a 1cm tear to top of Volume I. A GOOD+ SET.