Salome
by Oscar Wilde
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Buffalo, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London and New York: John Lane, 1920. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Aubrey Beardsley. Red cloth with lettering and peacock feather (or floral?) motifs in gilt. Somewhat toned spine with frayed and chipped ends. Lightly bumped corners, and light edgewear and soil. Top edge gilt, slightly rubbed. Binding somewhat tender, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed, with scattered light soil. B/w illustrations including the suppressed title page. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. 67 pp.
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
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003116
- Title
- Salome
- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- Illustrator
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ (Good Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Albion Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
Glossary
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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