The Last Volume of the Butterfly: A Humorous and Artistic Periodical Published on the 15th of Each Month (November '93 - February '94)

The last volume of a popular periodical that attracted leading artists to compliment humorous short stories and anecdotes. The Last Volume of the Butterfly: A Humorous and Artistic Periodical Published on the 15th of Each Month, running from November '93 - February '94, edited by British artist Leonard Raven-Hill and author Arnold Golsworthy. In the publisher's decorative original blue cloth, with numerous full-page and in-text illustrations throughout by Raven-Hill, Royal Academy painter Maurice Greiffenhagen amongst others. Considered different from its contemporaries, The Butterfly brought together leading artists alongside humorous short stories, poems and anecdotes, with this volume including 'The Sulphur Egg' and 'Father Christmas Interviewed'. Golsworthy's bankruptcy proceedings in January 1894 were believed to bring an end to the magazine, of which the author would recover with writing amusing short stories and essays for magazines such as The Country House. Raven-Hill briefly revived the magazine in 1899 with Grant Richards, but with little success. In the publisher's decorative original blue cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with a couple of faint handling marks to boards. Minor rubbing to joints. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Front free end paper is loose, with a couple of worming marks to edges. Internally, firmly bound, with hinge starting but firm between leaves pp.64-65. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good.…