Salome
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Rebacked in full dark green calf, front and back covers decorated in gilt. Very good
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
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
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
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23828
- Title
- Salome
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Rebacked in full dark green calf, front and back covers decorated in gilt. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews & Copeland & Day
- Place of Publication
- London & Boston
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- Book Arts
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...