{"product_id":"macfall-haldane-aubrey-beardsley-the-clown-the-harlequin-the-pierrot-of-his-age","title":"MACFALL, Haldane. Aubrey Beardsley. The Clown, the Harlequin, the Pierrot of His Age.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003eThe Pierrot of His Age\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMACFALL, Haldane.\u003c\/strong\u003e Aubrey Beardsley. The Clown, the Harlequin, the Pierrot of His Age. \u003ci\u003eNew York: Simon and Schuster.\u003c\/i\u003e 1927.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4to. Publisher’s black cloth, gilt vignette by Beardsley to upper board, spine and upper board lettered in gilt, in the publisher’s black paper slipcase, gilt paper spine label printed in black; pp. 270, [2 (colophon, blank)]; tipped-in photographic frontispiece and 53 illustrations by Beardsley, of which 8 tipped in; small mark to foot of upper board, very slight wear to spine ends, slipcase chipped and somewhat worn to extremities; else a near-fine copy in the scarce publisher’s slipcase; limitation page signed and numbered by MacFall in ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition, no. 15 of 300 large-paper copies signed and numbered by the author, of this monumental biography featuring fifty-three drawings by Beardsley, uncommon in the slipcase.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt critic, illustrator, and British Army officer Haldane MacFall (1860–1928) was also the author of \u003ci\u003eAubrey Beardsley. The Man and his Work\u003c\/i\u003e (1928). The work is dedicated to Wisconsin-born bibliophile, insurance agent, and casual literary agent Earl E. Fisk, prominent collector of works by Max Beerbohm, Holbrook Jackson, A. Edward Newton, and others. ‘Although Fisk lived in Wisconsin for all of his adult life, he maintained a connection to the British literary scene. He actively promoted the work of authors whom he enjoyed, and he helped to place books by Haldane MacFall and Holbrook Jackson with American publishers. He also wrote many articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Bookman\u003c\/i\u003e’ (Archives at Yale, \u003ci\u003eonline\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis large-paper issue is thought by Gallatin to precede the ordinary issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamuels Lasner 179.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64326419317113,"sku":"2126014","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126014.jpg?v=1787324696","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/macfall-haldane-aubrey-beardsley-the-clown-the-harlequin-the-pierrot-of-his-age","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}