Under the hill and other essays in prose and verse
By: by Aubrey Beardsley l; with illustrations
Contributors: Lane, John, 1854-1925, publisher; Ballantyne, Hanson and Co; James G. Nelson Library (Columbia University. Libraries)
Publisher: John Lane
Published: 1904
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Notes: First edition, printed on Japanese vellum, limited to 50 copies.

T.p. in black and red.

Tail pieces.

Abridged and Bowdlerized version of the author's Story of Venus and Tannhaüser, later published in full under that title: London : For private circulation [Leonard Smithers], 1907.

"Publisher's note" by John Lane, p. [v]-xi, dated July, 1903.

Frontispiece and plates accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress; guard sheet also precedes advertisements.

Reprint of The story of Venus and Tannhauser as published in The Savoy.

"List of volumes illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley" (publisher's advertisement) on p. [1]-[4] at end.

Rare Book copy: From the library of James G. Nelson, with his bookplate.

NCBEL III, 611

Gallatin, A.E. Aubrey Beardsley, p. 106-107

Gift of James G. Nelson, June 2010
Table of contents: title: Dedication to "Under the hill"; title: Under the hill; title: The three usicians; title: The ballad of a barber; title: Translation of Catcullus: Carmen Ci; title: Table talk of Aubrey Beardsley; title: Two letters of Aubrey Beardsley.