Under the Hill

Aubrey Beardsley and John Glassco. First edition, first printing (stated). Dust Jacket: Near Fine. An unclipped scarce jacket with original price $3.95 on inside flap. Has "A Black Circle Book" noted on inside flap. In mylar protective wrapper. Jacket design by Khulman Associates. Hardcover: Near Fine. New York: Grove Press, 1959. No markings or writing in this beautiful book, 140 pp. A solid rare collectible copy. A beautiful, well preserved ex-Libri stamp on inside book cover. 

The book was actually incomplete at the time of Beardsley's death in 1898. He died at age 25 of tuberculosis. This erotic novel was originally entitled ‘The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser’, and was based on the ancient German legend of Tannhäuser, a poet composer on a quest for spiritual enlightenment.