Oscar Wilde's Salomé with Beardsley Illustrations
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Author: Wilde, Oscar
Title: Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:John W. Luce
Date Published: 1907
Description:
Author: Wilde, Oscar
Title: Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act
Place Published: Boston
Publisher:John W. Luce
Date Published: 1907
Description:
36 pp. With 13 plates by Aubrey Beardsley, including the title and list of plates. (8vo) original black cloth lettered in gilt, with gilt design by Beardsley.
American issue of the 1907 edition of the work. Ray, in The Illustrator and the Book in England, notes that "This handsome edition, the binding design for which is also by Beardsley, contains several new or unexpurgated plates." He also says, in describing the 1894 edition, "If Le Morte Darthur made Beardsley known, his designs for the first edition of Wilde's Salomé made him notorious, and it remains the book of which most people think when his name is mentioned."
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Binding worn, hinges shaken, separation at title page gutter, owner's name on endpaper; good.
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Oscar Wilde's Salomé with Beardsley Illustrations
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