Lot no. 87
[BEARDSLEY] - WILDE (Oscar) London and Boston, Mathews & Lane and Copeland & Day, 1894. Salome. A tragedy in one act. In-8 (20.8 × 14.9 cm), publisher's blue cloth boards, gilt designs to centre boards. First English edition. Edition decorated with 12 compositions by Aubrey Beardsley in black, 10 of which are full-page, 2 of which are framed and one of which is a cul-de-lampe. Limited English edition of 500 copies. Publisher's catalogue for January 1894 bound at the end of the book. Minor foxing, spine slightly oiled.
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02/11/2025
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