I know Shannon is running an adaptation of Tatters of the King at the moment, and a few times people on YSDC have asked about ways to show off the growing influence of Hastur in the setting.
Well, I thought that drawing on some authentic period literature for flavour might be nice, especially when dealing with artistically-inclined Investigators, so I've dug up a few real-life books and plays from the 1910-1930 period with titles that seem evocative. I may add to this list when I have time: some decadent poetry and music would be nice, and some artwork (recommendations welcome; I'm not sure where to look).
Just a note, I didn't check any of these books' contents, only the titles; I'm guessing players won't generally have a clue about them either, and a book with an appropriate title and irrelevant content seems more useful here than one with really suitable content whose title gives no clues. You can always make up some better contents if necessary. I'm fairly sure there'll be at least one distressingly racist book in there somewhere, given the period.
Literature
The yellow book, or The story of the yellow jar
By: Yellow book.
Description: [1901] Lond. cm.15. book
The old yellow book : source of Browning's The ring and the book in complete photo-reproduction
By: Hodell, Charles Wesley ; Franceschini, Guido, conte, 1657-1698
Description: 1908, [i. e. 1916] Second edition. [Washington, D.C.] : Carnegie institution of Washington, 27 x 21 cm. book
The dancer in yellow
By: Norris, William Edward.
Description: 1913 Lond. cm.17. book
The woman with the yellow eyes
By: Dawe, William Carlton L.
Description: [1919] Lond. (8). book
My lady of the yellow domino
By: Marchmont, Arthur Williams.
Description: [1914] Lond. &c. cm.18. book
The yellow leaf, otherwise : The third book of Sarah
By: Christie, Robert Stuart.
Description: 1926 Lond book
The yellow typhoon
By: Mac Grath, Harold.
Description: [1923] Lond book
The yellow primrose
By: Young, John Frederick.
Description: 1928 Longmans, Green and Co. 348 p. book
The yellow streak
By: Williams, Valentine, 1883-1946.
Description: [1923] [Popular ed.]. London : H. Jenkins 311 p. ; 20 cm. book
The yellow diamond
By: Sergeant, Emily Frances Adeline.
Description: 1904 Lond. cm.19. book
The yellow war
By: James, Lionel, 1871-1955.
Description: 1905 Edinburgh ; London : William Blackwood viii, 302 p., [8] leaves of plates ; 20 cm. book
The yellow letter
By: Johnston, William Andrew.
Description: 1912 Lond. cm.18. book
Through a yellow glass
By: Blakeston, Oswell.
Description: [1928?] [London] : Pool 138 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. book
The yellow bridge : and other tales
By: Hodder, Francis Edwin.
Description: [1925] Lond book
The yellow pirates, and other stories
By: Finnemore, John, b. 1863. Woodville, P. W. Caton
Description: 1922 London : A. & C. Black vi, 248 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. book
The yellow rat
By: Grierson, Francis Durham, 1888-
Description: [c1929] London : Collins 270 p. book
The yellow mistletoe
By: Masterman, Walter S. (Walter Sidney), b. 1876.
Description: [1930] London : Jarrolds 288 p. 20 cm. book
The yellow holly
By: Hume, Ferguson Wright.
Description: 1904 Lond. cm.18. book
The mystery of the yellow room
By: Leroux, Gaston.
Description: [1920] Lond book
The yellow document; or, 'Fantômas of Berlin'
By: Allain, Marcel.
Description: 1919 Lond. cm.18. book
The yellow snake
By: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
Description: [1926] London : Hodder and Stoughton 318 p. ; 19 cm. book
The yellow ribbon
By: Le Queux, William Tufnell.
Description: 1918 Lond. &c. (8). book
The yellow dream book
By: Serkoff, Vera, Countess.
Description: 1926 Lond. book
The quest of the yellow pearl
By: Macfarlane, Peter Clark.
Description: 1909 [New York] cm.18. book
The yellow fiend, by mrs. Alexander
By: Hector, Annie French.
Description: 1902 2nd impr.. Lond. (8). book
The yellow cygnet
By: Redcliffe, Harold.
Description: 1930 (1st ed.).. (Lond.) book
The yellow spot
By: Stack, Lily.
Description: 1925 Lond. &c. book
The yellow hand
By: Upward, Allen.
Description: 1904 Lond. cm.18. book
The yellow pup
By: Green, Evelyn Everett-
Description: [1912] Lond. (8). book
The coachman with yellow lace
By: Hannan, Charles.
Description: 1902 Lond. cm.18. book
Dán Dé, the poems of Donnchadh Mór Ó Dálaigh : and the religious poems in the Duanaire of the Yellow book of Lecan
By: McKenna, Lambert. O'Daly, Donogh Mór, d. 1244
Description: 21 cm xx, 159 p Dublin, Educational Company of Ireland [1922]. book
The yellow spider
By: Beecham, John Charles.
Description: (1921) Lond book
The yellow corsair
By: Bennett, James W. (James William), 1891-
Description: 1928 Lond book
The yellow claw, by Sax Rohmer
By: Ward, Arthur Henry 1883-1959.
Description: 1915 Lond. cm.19. book
The Yellow frigate; or, The three sisters
By: Grant, James 1822-1887.
Description: 1916] [Lond. &c. cm.15. book
Yellow sands
By: Ross, Adelaide, 1896-
Description: [1930] London : Chapman & Hall 2 p. 1., 252 p. 20 cm. book
The yellow pigeon
By: Guest, Carmel Haden.
Description: 1928 Lond. &c book
King's yellow
By: Cox, Euphrasia Emeline.
Description: [1925] Lond book
The yellow rock
By: Footman, David, 1895-
Description: 1929 Lond book
The yellow dwarf and other fairy tales
By: Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 1651-1705. Le Fanu, Brinsley, 1854-1929
Description: [1906] London : "Books for the Bairns" Office 59 p. : ill. book
Crome yellow
By: Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963.
Description: [c1922] New York : George H. Doran company 307 p. 20 cm. book
Yellow shadows
By: Ward, Arthur Henry. 1883-1959.
Description: 1925 Lond. &c. book
The yellow poppy
By: Broster, D. K. (Dorothy Kathleen)
Description: 1920 London : Duckworth 439 p. ; 19 cm. book
The yellow dragon
By: Mills, Arthur Hobart.
Description: [1924] Lond book
The forbidden word
By: Le Queux, William.
Description: [1929] Lond book
The yellow god
By: Haggard, Henry Rider sir.
Description: 1909 Lond. &c. (8). Book
The yellow crystal
By: Wilson, R. McNair (Robert McNair), 1882-1963
Description: 1930 Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company viii p., 1 ß., 11-303 p. 20 cm. book
The yellow hunchback
By: Hume, Ferguson Wright.
Description: 1907 Lond. cm.18. book
The yellow pearl
By: Teskey, Adeline Margaret.
Description: 1911 Lond. cm.19. book
The yellow face
By: White, Frederick Merrick.
Description: 1906 Lond. cm.18. book
Yellow fingers : a novel
By: Wright, Gene. J.B. Lippincott Company ; Washington Square Press (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description: 1925 Philadelphia ; London : J.B. Lippincott Company 332 p. ; 20 cm. book
The yellow witch book
By: Harland, Margaret.
Description: 1905 (Reading &c.) cm.19x27. book
The land of the yellow spring, and other Japanese stories
By: Davis, F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland)
Description: 1910 London : Herbert & Daniel 317 p. : ill. (col.) ; 19 cm. book
The yellow snake : a complete novel of mystery and intrigue
By: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
Description: 1926 Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page p. 3-73 : ill. ; 26 cm. book
The masked stranger
By: Amy, William Lacey.
Description: 1930 Lond book
The masked terror.
By: Richmond, Mary.
Description: [1934] Lond. book
The masked man
By: Leroux, Gaston. Bennett, Hannaford
Description: 1927 Lond book
The pallid giant : a tale of yesterday & to-morrow
By: Noyes, Pierrepontt, b. 1870.
Description: 1928 London : John Long Ltd 287 p. ; 20 cm. book
Animism, magic, and the divine king
By: Róheim, Géza, 1891-1953.
Description: 1930 London : K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. xviii, 390 p. 23 cm. book
The masked lady = Le masque
By: Du Terrail, Joseph Durey de Sauroy, marquis, 1712-1770.
Description: 1926 London : Chapman & Hall ; New York : R. M. McBride xiii, 140 p. ; 23 cm. book
The king waits
By: Gerard, Morice, 1856-1929
Description: [1921] Lond. Book
The hooded king
By: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
Description: 1917 London : Ward, Lock p. 13-19 : ill. ; 25 cm. book
The lore of the wanderer
By: Goodchild, George, 1888-
Description: [1920?] New York : Dutton ; London : Dent 256p. port. 16cm. book
A king by night
By: Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932.
Description: 1926 Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page ix, 339 p. ; 20 cm. book
The masked knight of Alons.
By: Sandford, Grant.
Description: [1929] Lond. book
The saga of king Lir : a sorrow of story
By: Sigerson, George, 1839-1925.
Description: 1913 Dublin ; London : Maunsel [4], 25 p. ; 19 cm. book
The king of the Golden River, or, The Black brothers : a legend of Stiria
By: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883
Description: 1909 London : G. Allen & Sons 64 p. : ill. book
Theatre
The yellow mask : a musical playBy: Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Baynton-Power, Henry, b. 1890 ; Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932
Description: [1928], c1927 London : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew 12 p. of music ; 31 cm. score
A King and a gentleman
By: Harrison, Denham, d.1945. Lytton, W. T ; Dagmar, Alexandra
Description: c1901 London : Francis, Day & Hunter 1 score (5 p.) : port. ; 36 cm. score
The singer and other plays
By: Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916.
Description: 1918 Dublin ; London : Maunsel 123, iv p. ; 19 cm. book
The Erl-king
By: Higgs, H. M. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832 ; Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Description: c1906 London : Novello and co. 1 vocal score (33 p) ; 26 cm. score
King Alfred : a masque
By: Huntington, Keith. Kenilworth, Henry
Description: [1901] London : Joseph Williams 1 vocal score (14 p.) ; 28 cm. score
The gipsy king
By: Glent-Vale, A. Alvey, Southwell
Description: c1903 London : Francis, Day & Hunter [1] leaf of music ; 37 cm. score
King-errant
By: Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929.
Description: 1928 London : John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. vi, 346 p. : music ; 19 cm. book
The King shall rejoice : coronation anthem
By: Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Silas, Edouard, 1827-1909
Description: [1911] London : Novello 1 vocal score (25 p.) ; 26 cm. score
King of Cadonia : a musical play
By: Jones, Sidney, 1861-1946. Lonsdale, Frederick, 1881-1954 ; Ross, Adrian, 1859-1933
Description: c1908 London : Keith, Prowse 1 vocal score (143 p.) ; 28 cm. score
King Goldemar : (the story of Elfin Mount) : an operetta for junior schools and classes
By: Holland, Theodore, 1878-1947. Sidford, K
Description: c1902 London : Novello and Company 1 score (76 p.) ; 26 cm. score
The Storm King is out to-night!
By: David, Worton, d. 1940. Lee, Bert, (Herbert)
Description: c1913 London : Francis, Day & Hunter 1 score (5 p.) ; 36 cm. score
King Arthur : an opera
By: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Cummings, William Hayman, 1831-1915
Description: [1926] Abridged concert ed. adapted from the complete edition of W.H. Cummings.. London : Novello and Company 1 vocal score (ix, 101 p.) ; 26 cm. score
The vagabond king : a new spectacular musical play founded on Justin Huntley McCarthy's romance "If I were king"
By: Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Hooker, Brian, 1880-1946 ; Post, W. H ; Alfred, Julian ; Stoddon, R. S ; Janney, Russell, 1884-1963
Description: c1926 London : B. Feldman 1 vocal score (181 p.) ; 30 cm. score
King of Cadonia : new musical play
By: Jones, Sidney, 1861-1946. Lonsdale, Frederick, 1881-1954 ; Ross, Adrian, 1859-1933
Description: c1908 London : Keith, Prowse 40 p. ; 22 cm. book
The yellow mask : a musical play
By: Duke, Vernon, 1903-1969. Baynton-Power, Henry, b. 1890 ; Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932
Description: c1927 London : Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew 15 p. of music ; 31 cm. score
The yellow bittern, and other plays
By: Corkery, Daniel, 1878-1964.
Description: 1920 Dublin : Talbot Press ; London : T. Fisher Unwin 96 p. ; 18.1 cm. book
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