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Salome : a tragedy in one act

Title
Salome : a tragedy in one act / translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with a new introduction by Holbrook Jackson.
Author
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Publication
London : Printed for the members of the Limited editions club, 1938.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Limited) (Wilde, O. Salome. London, 1938)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
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TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Wilde S35 1938Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898.
  • Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945.
  • Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948.
  • Limited Editions Club. pbl
  • Fanfare Press. prt
  • John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Description
105 (1) p., 1 l. incl. front., plates.; 28 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • Issued in slip case with his: ... Salomé; drame en un acte. Paris, 1938.
  • Play originally written in French and published in Paris.
  • Issued in slip case with his:...Salomé; drame en un acte. Paris, 1938.
Access (note)
  • Berg Collection is restricted access;
Binding (note)
  • Red cloth with gold lettering and cover decoration.
Call Number
*KP (Limited) (Wilde, O. Salome. London, 1938)
LCCN
40007761
OCLC
  • 1253515
  • 8117919
Author
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.
Title
Salome : a tragedy in one act / translated from the French of Oscar Wilde by Lord Alfred Douglas and illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, with a new introduction by Holbrook Jackson.
Imprint
London : Printed for the members of the Limited editions club, 1938.
Access
Berg Collection is restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Binding
Red cloth with gold lettering and cover decoration.
Local Note
"Of this edition ... in which the original translation and the original illustrations are reproduced, fifteen hundred copies have been printed ... at the Fanfare press in London, this copy being number 898."
Berg Collection copy with the original version of the title page, showing male genitalia on the hermaphrodite. Copy includes four of Beardsley's illustrations that were excluded from the first edition.
Berg Collection copy is no. 1132 of 1500 copies.
Berg Collection copy housed in slipcase with Wilde's Salomé: drame en un acte. Paris, 1938.
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Added Author
Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898. Illustrator
Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945.
Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948.
Limited Editions Club. Publisher
Fanfare Press. Printer
John Shaw Billings Memorial Collection.
Research Call Number
*KP (Limited) (Wilde, O. Salome. London, 1938)
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