Title: The Butterfly Quarterly. (Cover Title). Summer 1909. Number Seven.
Description: Philadelphia: The Butterfly Attic, 1909. 1909. - Quarto, 12-3/4 inches high by 10-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound with cord in brown printed wrappers decorated with a butterfly on the front wrapper and a quill pen on the rear wrapper. The edges of the covers are creased and lightly chipped. [1], pages 1-17 & [1-3]. Illustrated with a 4-1/2 inch high by 3-3/4 inch wide tipped-in portrait of Stephane Mallarme engraved on tissue and 12 woodcut vignettes by George Wolfe Plank. Internally near fine with the last signature remaining unopened. Very good.
Number 294 of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies.
The contents include: "Souvenir Sur Mallarme" by George Moore with a translation into English by Helene Wood. "The Pipe" and "Poor Pale Child" by Mallarme; 2 poems by Maeterlinck; "The Toy-Shop" by Ephraim Mikhael; 3 poems by Louis Bertrand and "The Dying Decadent" a very early long poem by Louis Untermeyer.
George Wolfe Plank (1883-1965) was an American illustrator and designer of magazine covers. A self-taught artist, he worked in factories and department stores before moving to Philadelphia where he edited and printed The Butterfly Quarterly with Margaret H. Scott, Alice Smith, and Amy Smith from 1907-09. In 1911 he was hired by Vogue and continued to supply illustrations and cover designs for the magazine until 1936. Very good .
Keywords: GEORGE WOLFE PLANK; STEPHANE MALLARME; GEORGE MOORE; HELENE WOOD; MAETERLINCK; EPHRAIM MIKHAEL; LOUIS UNTERMEYER; LOUIS BERTRAND; MARGARET H. SCOTT; ALICE SMITH; PORTRAIT ON TISSUE; THE BUTTERFLY QUARTERLY; AMY SMITH; VOGUE MAGAZINE; POETRY; WOODCUTS; ILL
- Book number: 98624
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