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SALOME. Drame en un acte. Dessins de Alastair
by WILDE. OSCAR
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923. French text. Reprint of the original Alastair illustrated version which was published as a limited edition in 1922. Small 4to. (7.6 x 5.8 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 9 colour plates by Alastair. Finely bound, by Bumpus, in contemporary half plum calf. Spine with 5 raised bands. Compartments double ruled, fully decorated and lettered in gilt. Salmon pink cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light spotting to the blank endpapers otherwise a lovely bright copy in a fine early twentieth century leather binding with just a small are of abrasion to the top raised band on the spine. This edition contains a bibliography of the various editions of Salome published prior to this one.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8266
- Title
- SALOME. Drame en un acte. Dessins de Alastair
- Author
- WILDE. OSCAR
- Illustrator
- ALASTAIR. (Pseudonym; Hans Henning Voight), Illustrates.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Les Editions G. Cres & Co. Paris. 1923
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
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Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- 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...
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