Salome ; A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde with Sixteen Drawings By Aubrey Beardsley
by Wilde, Oscar
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- Condition
- Fine
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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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.
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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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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004982
- Title
- Salome ; A Tragedy in One Act Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde with Sixteen Drawings By Aubrey Beardsley
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First EditionThus
- Publisher
- John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; The Theatre;
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Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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