Wilde, Oscar. Salome; A Tragedy in One Act. E.P. Dutton, 1927.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Signed and numbered by Vassos on copyright page- no. 105. Book is in very good condition in fair condition slipcase. Fully decorated with shiny stars around every page of text and numerous b/w illustrated plates throughout. Interior is unmarked with bits of minor toning from age. Black paper boards are titled in art deco gold letters. Very lightly worn with sunned spine. Binding secure. Faint foxing along bottom edge of text block. Scarce slipcase is heavily worn along the edges and mildly scuffed. Short section of upper edge missing. Spine has been shoddily repaired with green electrical tape by a previous owner.

Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.

WILDE, Oscar. Salome: A Tragedy in One Act. E. P. Dutton a& Company, New York, 1927.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Edition. Quarto. Black paper over boards, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, black and gilt decorated pastedowns and free end papers, illustrated by John Vassos, number 287 of 500 copies signed by the illustrator. Very good, cover faded heaviest around edges and spine, corners and spine ends bumped, dent to front edge of covers.

Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar. Salome : A Tragedy in One Act. E. P. Dutton, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1927.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First thus edition / First printing. This copy is from the library of Virginia "Ginger" Barnelle, 1920s & 30s actress, and is inscribed by Jimmy Durante on the first blank page : "Good luck but not good bye. / Jimmy / 6/14/29". Also included is a 5.25 x 7.5 pencil portrait of Durante. Illustrated with b&w erotic drawings by John Vassos. Good, no dust jacket, Slight rubbing at edges, small worn spot near the center of the spine. 18.5 x 24cm. 59pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.

Wilde, Oscar [John Vassos]. Salome. E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1927.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED. 57pp. Small quarto [23 cm] Black boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Decorative endpapers. The backstrip is faded, and the boards are also discolored at the edges (more so the rear board). The front board is a bit marked, with the most prominent mark measuring roughly 2". There is a previous owner's name in the inside margin of the terminal leaf. "Salome" was the first of nine books that would be illustrated by Vassos between 1927 and 1935. Includes thirteen black and white illustrations by John Vassos who also designed the endpapers. Number 242 in an edition limited to 500. Signed by Vassos on the limitation page.

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.

WILDE, Oscar. Salome: A tragedy in One Act. Inventions by John Vassos. E.P. Dutton, 1927.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of five hundred copies numbered and signed by artist. First edition thus, with 13 art deco gouache plates by illustrator John Vassos. Firm binding, some wear with dampstaining/chipping to paper covered boards, light age toning to pages and pastedowns. Well packaged, ships with tracking.

Seller: Resource for Art and Music Books , Ivoryton, CT, U.S.A.