Yellow Book Promotional Materials – Yellow Nineties 2.0

THE YELLOW BOOK

Promotional Materials

The image is of a woman looking to the right into a bin of books in the foreground while a harlequin in the middle ground stands behind and to the right of the woman looking at her The woman is wearing dark clothing gloves and a decorative headpiece with feathers Her mouth is slightly opened The woman is gesturing to the books in the bin with her right gloved hand Her thumb index and little finger are extended towards the books There is a sign beside the bin The harlequin stands in a door frame with hands on hips peering over its spectacles The harlequin wears a large collar and billowy clothing On both sides of the door frame shelves of books are visible In the middle ground there is another bin full of books In the left-side background there is a street lamp The image is printed black on yellow paper and vertically displayed

Prospectus: The Yellow Book 1
April 1894

mage is a poster for The Yellow Book Volume 1 The poster has the words SOLD HERE across the top with its price across the bottom The inset image is edged with a double frame On the left side of the image there is a figure of a woman with light hair and a light coloured dress This portion of the image takes up approximately 1 3 of the frame dividing the image vertically She is shown in a full frontal position with her body and head 3 4 view looking to the right In her right hand she is holding a hat with a bow The background behind her is dark with several flowers surrounding her Artist s signature is in the bottom right hand corner The remaining 2 3rds of the image is a numerical list of the volume s contents divided into a Letterpress texts section and a Pictures section the titles of the works are on the left and the authors are on the right The image is vertically displayed

Poster: The Yellow Book 1
April 1894

The image is divided in half vertically the left side is black and the right side is uncoloured The left side of the image contains a bookcase with a potted plant on top Behind and above the bookcase is a flowering candelabra design On the right side of the image is a woman s head in 3 4 position looking left her shoulders are covered in three ruffled collars tied with a large black bow The image is printed black on yellow paper and vertically displayed

Prospectus: The Yellow Book 2
July 1894

Prospectus: The Yellow Book 3
October 1894

Poster: The Yellow Book 3
October 1894

Image is of three figures in the foreground a woman and two youths Male youth on far left stands to the left of a basket of flowers and is presenting one flower to the woman who is at the far right of the image Male youth has black hair a bare torso and is wearing loose fitting pantaloons with what appears to be a decorative dagger hanging from his pantaloons To the right of the basket another naked youth with light hair sits on the floor playing with some flowers The youth s head is turned away from the viewer To the far right of the basket a woman with light hair and a voluminous coat looks towards the male youth who is presenting her the flower The woman is wearing a large feather in her hair The figures are positioned on a terrace The pillars of the terrace are in the middle ground In the background beyond the terrace is a grove of trees The image is printed black on yellow paper and vertically displayed The image is the same as the cover of The Yellow Book Vol IV

Prospectus: The Yellow Book 4
January 1895

The image is of a satyr reading a book to a woman on the bank of a river in the foreground The satyr is to the right of the woman and holds the book in its left hand The satyr is kneeling on one knee There are leaves in its hair and its torso is naked A book rests in the grass between the satyr and the woman The woman is seated and on the left side of the image Her back is to the viewer She is wearing a polka-dotted dress with large sleeves There is a bow at the top back of the dress She is also wearing a bow in her hair The woman is leaning towards the reading satyr Her left hand rests on her dress while her right hand rests on the ground The river bank has flowers and trees The river is in the background and appears to have lily pads floating in it The image is printed black on yellow paper and vertically displayed

Prospectus: The Yellow Book 5
April 1895