Hugh MacLeay (Ed.), The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, Vol., IV, No. XX, H. MacLeay 1900

Title: The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, Vol., IV, No. XX
Author: Hugh MacLeay (Ed.)
Illustrator: Alphonse Mucha, Dudley Hardy, Arpad Basch,
Publisher: H. MacLeay
Year published: 1900
Place of Publication: Lodon
Book Condition: Fair – Good
Size: 4to
Binding: Paper
Edition: First

Notes: The Poster: An Illustrated Monthly Chronicle, ed. by Hugh MacLeay (vol. IV, no. XX, London: H. MacLeay, March 1900), pp. i-iv, 42, v-viii. 4to. Condition: fair. Front and back wraps detached, staples rusted. Complete with b/w and some colour illustrations and advertisements. Among its contents are an interview with Alphonse Mucha and a short story by Jerome K. Jerome, titled ‘The Bicycle Poster’. A rare and highly important periodical. As written on Arts Search: ‘The Poster was the most important journal in English devoted to the art of the poster. In addition to containing over 3,000 images (several in bright colour), it included interviews with and profiles of many of the leading names in poster design including Toulouse-Lautrec, Steinlen, Alphonse Mucha, Ethel Reed, Maxfield Parrish, Paul Berthon, Will Bradley, Arpad Basch, Jules Chéret, Jack B. Yeats, Aubrey Beardsley, the Beggarstaff Brothers, etc.’