Salome: A Tragedy in One Act Translated From the French of Oscar Wilde by Alfred Bruce Douglas
by Oscar Wilde; Beardsley, Aubrey (illu.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - very good/Very good
- Seller
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San Diego, California, United States
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About This Item
Portland: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. Limited. Hardcover . Used - very good/Very good. 12mo. Limited to 500 copies. One devious illustration by Beardsley at end of text. Square, tight copy with light foxing, more so to edges. Gray boards a bit darkened at extremities. Spine label fresh, however, with a bit of foxing, in scarce, watermarked dj which is foxed at folds, panels a bit darkened, and short closed tear to spine; however, with not a single chip, housed in card-covered slipcase which is split at joints. Dj now protected in removable mylar.
Synopsis
Salome is a tragic play written by Oscar Wilde, which tells the biblical story of Salome. Salome dances the Dance of the Seven Veils so well that she receives a boon from her stepfather Herod Antipas. Much to his dismay and her mother's delight she requests the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter. Though John is a favorite of Herod and under his protection, Herod cannot rescind his boon.Wilde originally wrote the play in French, and it was translated three years later into English.
Reviews
On Jan 29 2016, a reader said:
I have number 183. This is a wonderful illustration book. Every page is a work of art not to mention the Wilde part of it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- La Playa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26835
- Title
- Salome: A Tragedy in One Act Translated From the French of Oscar Wilde by Alfred Bruce Douglas
- Author
- Oscar Wilde; Beardsley, Aubrey (illu.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Thomas B. Mosher
- Place of Publication
- Portland
- Date Published
- 1911
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San Diego, California
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...