Wilde, Oscar — Salome: Drame En Un Acte
Paris, The Limited Editions Club, 1938. 1/15 presentation copies; Signed by Derain. Softcover. Black wraps over white card. 72 pp. plus colophon. 10 gouache illustrations on heavy black paper. Text in French. The script for Wilde's Salome, with a list of characters. The gouache illustrations, by Derain, have been reproduced through the pochoir process. Originally, this volume was presented with its English counterpart, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, together in a slipcase. Neither the Beardsley volume, nor the slipcase, are included in this listing. This copy one of 15 presentation copies, and so stamped with a circular blindstamp on the limitation page below the signature. VG-/Poor glassine dj remnants only. minor dampstain to last few leaves in lower extreme corner, moderate foxing to endpapers .
