{"product_id":"beardsley-a-biography-stanley-weintraub","title":"Beardsley: A Biography - Stanley Weintraub","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"871\"\u003eAuthor: Stanley Weintraub\u003cbr data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"389\"\u003ePublisher: W. H. Allen\u003cbr data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"414\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"451\"\u003eEdition: First edition, 1967\u003cbr data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"482\"\u003eISBN: No ISBN stated\u003cbr data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"505\"\u003eCondition: Second-hand hardcover with dust jacket. Noticeable shelf wear, rubbing, marks and edge wear to the dust jacket, with some creasing and handling wear. The book has a handwritten gift inscription on the front endpaper dated Adelaide 1970. Internally, pages show age-toning and light marks consistent with age. Please see photos for the exact copy available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"1275\"\u003eBeardsley: A Biography is Stanley Weintraub’s study of the short, brilliant and controversial life of Aubrey Beardsley, one of the defining artists of the fin de siècle and the English Decadent movement. The book traces Beardsley’s rise as an illustrator, his association with Oscar Wilde and The Yellow Book, and the distinctive black-and-white style that made his work both celebrated and scandalous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1277\" data-end=\"1530\"\u003eIllustrated with examples of Beardsley’s art, this 1967 hardcover will appeal to readers interested in art history, decadent literature, Victorian and Edwardian culture, symbolism, book illustration and the darker edges of nineteenth-century aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1837\"\u003eAbout the Author:\u003cbr data-start=\"1549\" data-end=\"1552\"\u003eStanley Weintraub was an American historian, biographer and scholar whose work often focused on literary, artistic and cultural figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His biographies are known for placing creative lives within their broader historical and cultural setting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Astaroth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49633205682399,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/6815\/6383\/files\/IMG_2343.jpg?v=1779875804","url":"https:\/\/astarothbooks.com\/products\/beardsley-a-biography-stanley-weintraub","provider":"Astaroth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}