WILDE, Oscar. Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. Ttranslated from the French [by Lord Alfred Douglas], London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894, 4°, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JAPON, first edition in English, frontispiece, title design, design on List of Pictures, 9 plates and powder-puff tail-piece from line blocks by Carl Hentschel after Beardsley, with 8 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end (inner joints browned at title, not affecting illustration), partly unopened, original green silk, with gilt-stamped design by Beardsley on upper cover and his Japanese monogram on lower cover (very lightly browned, head of spine slightly worn), modern folder and morocco-backed slipcase. [Mason 350]

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WILDE, Oscar. Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. Ttranslated from the French [by Lord Alfred Douglas], London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894, 4°, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, THIS ONE OF 100 COPIES ON JAPON, first edition in English, frontispiece, title design, design on List of Pictures, 9 plates and powder-puff tail-piece from line blocks by Carl Hentschel after Beardsley, with 8 leaves of publisher's advertisements at end (inner joints browned at title, not affecting illustration), partly unopened, original green silk, with gilt-stamped design by Beardsley on upper cover and his Japanese monogram on lower cover (very lightly browned, head of spine slightly worn), modern folder and morocco-backed slipcase. [Mason 350]

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