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Salome
by Wilde, Oscar; Beardsley, Aubrey (Illustrator)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Book Collectors Association Inc., 1945. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Beardsley, Aubrey. Generally believed to have been written by Wilde for the actress Sarah Bernhardt, this play was banned in England, though popular in Paris. Originally published in 1891, this is an undated later edition from the Book Collectors Association of New York (a noted publisher of slightly erotic works in the 1930s), with the striking woodcut illustrations of Art Nouveau artist Aubrey Beardsley. With plain green cloth lettered in (faded) gilt to spine, this small octavo5.5" x 7.75") is in VG condition: very clean, but a semicircular stain across top edges of both boards & spine (photo 1). Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with moderate, age-appropriate tanning, but completely unmarked. Exterior shows mild-moderate rubbing to extremities, heaviest at corners & spine tips, which show some fraying. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023662
- Title
- Salome
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar; Beardsley, Aubrey (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Book Collectors Association Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- PLAYS NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH FRENCH MYTHS BIBLE ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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