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H. Rider Haggard - Cleopatra - 1889
编号 79803473
编号 79803473
Salome: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde
1906
First trade edition
Published by John Lane, London and New York.
Cover illustration by Aubrey Beardsley
Hardcover
[viii],66 +[2]pp ads
Attractive edition of Wilde's tragic play, first appearing in French in 1893, telling in one act the Biblical story of Salomé, step-daughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her step-father's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the Dance of the Seven Veils.
Condition: Bottom spine has a small repaired tear, general wear to boards and foxing in content but overall good.
Please see all photographs as part of the condition.