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Salome - A Tragedy in One Act
by Wilde, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. [12], xiii-xviii, [8], 65pp, [5]. Original gilt decorated cloth, title and author in gilt to spine, t.e.g. Slightly rubbed to extremities, lower cover very slightly soiled. Some browning to endpapers, occasional light marking to margins, but generally fairly bright and clean. Bookplate of previous owner (M. A. Gouldsmith) to front pastedown. With sixteen designs by Beardsley on Japanese vellum. Housed in a cloth slipcase. Mason 355. First Thus. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Beardsley, Aubrey. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001513
- Title
- Salome - A Tragedy in One Act
- Author
- Wilde, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Beardsley, Aubrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Wilde, Beardsley, Salome
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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