Softcover
1938 · Paris
by Wilde, Oscar
Paris: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. 1/15 presentation copies; Signed by Derain. Softcover. VG-/Poor glassine dj remnants only. minor dampstain to last few leaves in lower extreme corner, moderate foxing to endpapers. 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.
(Inventory #: 164534)