UNDER THE HILL; Or, The Story of Venus and Tannhauser, in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of state held by Madam Venus, Goddess & Metetrix, under the famous Horselberg, and containing the adventures of Tannhauser in that place, his journeying to Rome, and return to the Loving Mountain, by Aubrey Beardsley, now completed by John Glassco. The Traveller’s Companion Series.
London: The Olympia Press / New English Library, 1966. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very Good.
Item #113385
8vo.125pp. No. 105. Chapters of this short novel, never completed by Beardsley, were published posthumously in expurgated form in THE SAVOY during 1896. These chapters were reprinted in 1904 by John Lane in a collection of essays and verse called UNDER THE HILL AND OTHER ESSAYS. The complete text was privately printed in 1907 by Leonard Smithers, and this in turn was published in New York in 1927. The Olympia Press first published their edition, with Glassco's attempt at completion, in a limited edition in 1959. 105.
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