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1930Best.-Nr. 23392New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1930. Salome: A Tragedy in One Act. Second edition "new edition". 60 pp. Illustrated with four new designs by John Vassos. Issued as a new edition uniform with The Ballad of Reading Gaol and The Harlot's House and Other Poems. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. First Vassos-illustrated trade edition. 124 pp. Illustrated by John Vassos with tissue guards over the plates. The Harlot's House and Other Poems. First Vassos-illustrated edition. 102 pp. Illustrated by John Vassos. With presentation inscription to Francis Heisler noted civil-liberties lawyer and defender of COs in landmark mid-century cases dated December 7 1930 signed with the initials "E.S.T." incorporating a quotation from Thomas S. Jones Jr.'s poem "Dusk at Sea." The three volumes are in their original Art Deco bindings & dust jackets designed by John Vassos. They are preserved together in a contemporary specially constructed striking black-and-gold geometric Art Deco slipcase purpose-built to accommodate the complete group. The slipcase closely reflects Vassos's distinctive Art Deco aesthetic. Dutton is documented as having issued Vassos/Wilde volumes with slipcases although surviving institutional records do not conclusively establish this particular three-volume case as a standard Dutton issue. These three volumes represent a purposefully conceived Dutton uniform series of Oscar Wilde works illustrated by John Vassos. Dutton issued The Ballad of Reading Gaol in 1928 and The Harlot's House and Other Poems in 1929 followed by the 1930 "new edition" of Salome which was specifically described as "uniform with" the preceding two Vassos-illustrated volumes. The three books were therefore deliberately designed and presented by Dutton as a related group of Vassos-illustrated Wilde editions. E. P. Dutton & Co unknown
1918Best.-Nr. 072266London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1918. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 65pp pale green/grey pictorial boards with title in black to spine. Shelfworn boards faded and toned particularly at spine corners very rubbed and bumped. Small dents to board edges in places and spine partly cracked externally at joins with front and rear boards. Tears at top and bottom of spine cracking to spine at top of fep. Toning to pages previous owner's name in ink to top of fep. Toning to pages and eps mild foxing to eps and page edges. John Lane, The Bodley Head Hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 0854898New York New York U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton 1927. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover -. Very Good/No Jacket. Inventions by John Vassos. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In black paper covered boards with gilt titling to spine and upper cover 4to 57pp. #363 of a limited edition of 500 copies signed by Illustrator John Vassos on limitations page. Scarce. light fading at spine and top edge of rear board faint line mark to upper cover 3/4 inch from spine. E. P. Dutton unknown
1894Best.-Nr. 140949078London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane 1894. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition in English of Wilde's seminal one-act tragedy and the first to feature Aubrey Beardsley's lavishly unrestrained illustrations. One of 500 copies. xii 67 1 16 ads illustrated with frontispiece 9 full page plates and singular tailpiece. Bound in publisher's blue canvas cloth decoratively stamped in gilt after design by Beardsley. Near Fine with light sunning to spine and edges light foxing to cloth. Offsetting to front endsheets and armorial bookplate to pastedown there contents lightly tanned. A beautiful copy of a definitive work of the Decadent movement. Composed initially in French Wilde allegedly intended for Sarah Bernhardt to play Salome in hopes of bypassing strict British censors although it was inevitably banned by Lord Chamberlain due to the depiction of biblical characters. The play premiered on February 11 1896 at the Theatre de l'Oeuvre in Paris starring Lina Munte and directed by Lugne-Poe. Rave reviews ensued and later adaptions followed most notably Richard Strauss' Dresden production which premiered in 1905. The radical work served as a direct affront to Victorian moral standards and cemented the femme fatale archetype for future avant-garde luminaries. Mason 350. Elkin Mathews & John Lane unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 4218London England: Limited Editions Club 1938. First edition thus limited. Hardcover/softcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Good. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title and decoration deckled edges B&W prints on cream-colored paper text in English Salome/Beardsley. White paper wraps in folded black paper covers with pink and white titles deckled edges illus. gouache/pochoir prints to black paper text in French Salomé/Derain. Together in maroon slipcase. Signed by Derain to colophon and hand-numbered 1270 of 1500 copies. Subscription card present IX. Previous owner's bookplate to both books. Heavily warped black paper covers from original vinyl encasement not extant foxing to textblock edge and endpapers Salomé/Derain. Slipcase: spine faded heavy edgewear foxing. Limited Editions Club hardcover
Best.-Nr. 326453John Lane 1912. FIRST EDITION THUS super octavo green buckram boards gilt lettering to spine gilt lettering & illus/decoration to front board teg illus prelims xviii 66pp illus/plates VG light bruising to spine & board extrems light chafing & soiling to boards minor water damage/staining to boase of rear board & rear eps light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps occasional sl foxing & soiling to page block John Lane 1912 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1015414788.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1907Best.-Nr. 538378New York: For the Trade 1907. Softcover. Very Good. First New York edition Cover illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Translated by Oscar Wilde. 16mo. 6pp. Gray perfectbound wrapper with cover illustration. Very good with toning some wrinkling to the rear wraps and light edgewear including a few short tears crease and nicked corner. Presumably an unauthorized printing which states on the lower margin of front cover states: "The Great Success of the Metropolitan Opera House." Not in Mason. For the Trade unknown
1907Best.-Nr. 513757New York: For the Trade 1907. Softcover. Very Good. First American edition thus by this publisher presumably an unauthorized printing. 12mo. 60pp. Pictorial wrappers illustrated by Aubrey Beardsly. Wear on the thin spine fore-edge of front wrap is nicked last few leaves of text have short closed tear in fore-edge margin else a very good copy. Lower margin of front cover states: "The Great Success of the Metropolitan Opera House." Not in Mason. For the Trade unknown
Best.-Nr. CA01AA-00047for the trade. Collectible - Good. New York: for the trade 1907. Presumably an unauthorized printing. 12mo. 60pp. Frontis. Near Very Good book. Owner's name on pastedown. drama Biblical figures Inquire if you need further information. for the trade unknown
1894Best.-Nr. wld44London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane. G : in good condition. Rebacked. Cover rubbed. Page edges browning. Hinge at title cracked. 1894. Limited Edition 500. Blue hardback cloth cover. 220mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 67pp 15pp plates. 10 plates by Aubrey Beardsley. . Elkin Mathews & John Lane hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 023273Norwalk CT : The Heritage 1973. First Thus Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Mint/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas with a New Introduction by Holbrook Jackson and Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Mint as new first thus edition originally published 1945 in rich textured black boards with gold-stamped spine title and figure on front board in pristine slipcase as issued without dust jacket The Heritage Club "Sandglass" newletter laid-in. Gift quality. OFC 3F The Heritage hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 15-0796New York: Williams Belasco & Meyers 1930. 1930 120pp illus. blue cloth w/ gilt decoration & lettering deckled edges top edges blue slight shelfwear to cover slight soling to cover heavier to spine no dj contents clean. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley. Williams, Belasco & Meyers Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 274011New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Translated from the French by Lord Alfred Douglas. New introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Near fine copy in a very good somewhat edgeworn slipcase. The Heritage Press hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 3550765Paris.: G. Cres et Cie. 1922. Hardcover. Firma del anterior propietario. cons cub orig . Good. 19 cm. 90 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura artesanal. Idioma frances. Dessins d'Alastair. 'Salomé' no apareció hasta 1893 con la doble influencia de París y Londres. Se dice que Marcel Schwob Stuart Merrill y Pierre Loüys contribuyeron a esta singular obra . Firma del anterior propietario. cons cub orig . Teatro.82-2 82-2 G. Cres et Cie. hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 164534Paris: The Limited Editions Club 1938. 1/15 presentation copies; Signed by Derain. Softcover. VG-/Poor glassine dj remnants only. minor dampstain to last few leaves in lower extreme corner moderate foxing to endpapers. Black wraps over white card. 72 pp. plus colophon. 10 gouache illustrations on heavy black paper. Text in French. The script for Wilde's Salome with a list of characters. The gouache illustrations by Derain have been reproduced through the pochoir process. Originally this volume was presented with its English counterpart illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley together in a slipcase. Neither the Beardsley volume nor the slipcase are included in this listing. This copy one of 15 presentation copies and so stamped with a circular blindstamp on the limitation page below the signature. The Limited Editions Club paperback
1945Best.-Nr. 000016142New York: The Heritage Press 1945. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Slim 8vo. Black cloth with decorations and borders in blind on the boards gold lettering on the spine; all edges yellow. Decorated yellow and red endpapers and pastedowns. Housed in a glossy black slipcase. With the Sandglass issue. Decorated and hand-illuminated full-page color illustration by Valenti Angelo. Translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas. WIth a new introduction by Holbrook Jackson. Spine faded the slipcase starting at its bottom edge. The Heritage Press hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 58113New York: E. P. Dutton. Fair. 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. B & W plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 57 pages; SIGNED by Vassos 1927 E. P. Dutton. HC. 1st trade edition. Signed by illustrator John Vassos on the half-title page. Bound in full black paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to cover and spine. Top inch and bottom three inches of the paper spine covering chipped and lost; binding shaken but sound. Decorative gilt-on-black endpapers intact with some edge fading. Complete with Vassos 13 black-and-white plates. Vassos later celebrated as a leading industrial designer brought a sharp modernist and Deco sensibility to his book illustrations well reflected here. A worn and shabby copy but complete and sound. Fair to Good only. ; Signed by Illustrator . E. P. Dutton hardcover
1973Best.-Nr. 82476Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1973. Full Leather. Fine. 26.5 x 16 cm. Royal octavo. 51pp. Bound in brown-red leather with gilt design lettering and foredges. 4 raised bands to spine. Silk moire endpapers and ribbon. With illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Notes from the Archives laid-in. Easton Press unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 38779London: John Lane 1906. First Trade Edition. BEARDSLEY Aubrey illus. Small 8vo pp. 66. Cover by Aubrey Beardsley. Ivory paper over boards stamped in green. Cover worn interior foxed o/w VG. Not in Gallatin. Samuels-Lasner 59C. John Lane unknown
1906Best.-Nr. 38782Boston: John W. Luce 1906. BEARDSLEY Aubrey illus. 8vo pp. 36. Gray paper over boards lettered and stamped in green with an illustration by Aubrey Beardsley. Cover slightly worn at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy. Scarce. Samuels-Lasner 59G. not in Mason who does list the 1906 printing by the John Lane Company and preceded in America only by the 1894 Copeland & Day limited edition. John W. Luce unknown
1912Best.-Nr. 38770London: Lane 1912. Reprint. BEARDSLEY Aubrey illust. Small 8vo pp. 82. Original green cloth stamped in gilt; uncut. Little wear to corners sides and ends of spine o/w VG. Galletin 25. This was the first publication of Robert Ross's 16 page Note on "Salome Lane unknown
Best.-Nr. 51-4875New York: Gabriel Wells 1925. 8vo. 14.5 x 22.2cm. xxvi 258pp.Original blue boards with matching cloth spine repaired and paper label label rubbed and discolored. One of 575 copies only the first volume is numbered. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925 hardcover
1927Best.-Nr. 2171180122014Dutton 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear.cover is faded. no dust jacket. Pages are tan and not crisp white. Dutton hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1024326993.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
