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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1973. Hardcover. G+ (Ex-art library, with label mark on front cover; rear pocket; few marks; otherwise clean.). Brown leather, with gilt letters on spine, gilt decorations on both covers, gilt edges all around; 52 colored pp. printed in doubled Japanese fashion; color illus. A special edition of this story penned by French author Oscar Wilde, after the biblical tale of Salome and the seven veils. Translated by Lord Alfred Douglas, with introduction by Holbrook Jackson and primary color illustrations rendered by Valenti Angelo.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1930. Small Quarto. Frontispiece, xviii, 65, (5) pp). Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde, with sixteen beautiful erotic drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. Written in French in 1892, it was in full rehearsal by Madame Bernhardt at the Palace Theatre when it was prohibited by the Censor. A very good copy bound in red decorative gilt cloth, lettering gilt, spine lettering and top edge gilt, small rub spot near lower corner, spine faded with a bit of fading along upper edge. No names or bookplates.