BRADLEY WILL Bradley His Book Volume 1 number 1 Volume 2 nu

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BRADLEY, WILL. Bradley: His Book. Volume 1, number 1--Volume 2, number 4 plus separately printed Prospectus [all published]. Art Nouveau illustrations and reproductions of posters by such masters as Aubrey Beardsley, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Penfield, Maxfield Parrish, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Alphonse Mucha, and many others. Tall 8vo and 4to (from November 1896 on), all bound with original wrappers into publisher's speckled grey boards lettered in white, some soiling, spine and joints rubbed and tender. Springfield, Mass.: The Wayside Press, May 1896-February 1897

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complete set of bradley's self-published magazine. Bradley: His Book enjoyed incredible success: The first number of the magazine, published in an edition of ten thousand, sold out before the day of publication as did many subsequent issues. Unfortunately, its popularity and demands became too great for Bradley. The magazine weathered a temporary setback in August of 1896 caused by a problematic contributor and then, a few months later, Bradley suffered a physical and nervous collapse. With no one trained to carry on the press, he was forced to cease publication. These issues contain some of his best work including the Beauty and the Beast illustrations in Volume 1, no. 4, his final and best work in the curvilinear Art Nouveau style. Koch, pages 71-98.