Salome. A Tragedy In One Act
by WILDE, OSCAR
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894. First English Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Near fine only slightly handled copy with the gilt-stamping to the boards bright. From the library of Harpo Marx, the great clown of the Marx Brothers comedy team, and his wife actress Susan Fleming Marx, former member of the Ziegfeld Follies and star of early talking films like Million Dollar Legs with W.C. Fields. With a charming bookplate illustrated by Susan Marx with a drawing of Harpo in his comic character which reads: “FROM THE LIBRARY OF HARPO & SUSAN MARX”.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22666E
- Title
- Salome. A Tragedy In One Act
- Author
- WILDE, OSCAR
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews & John Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2005
Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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