Oscar Wilde, Salome, Valenti Angelo, The Heritage Press, 1945, Near Fine HC w/slipcase
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Wilde, Oscar, and Holbrook Jackson. New York: The Heritage Press, 1945.
English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 10 1/8" x 6 3/8", 51 pp.
Hardcover in black cloth with blind embossed illustration to front and back panels. Small spot of soiling to bottom edge of front panel. Very Good+ black paper slipcase, light wear. Original glassine present, in Fair condition, notably sunned and fragile, with some loss to spine and bottom tip. Features a laid-in copy of The Heritage Club Sandglass, Number 3NN; light line of sunning to front page. 51 pp. Includes reproduced color illustrations and hand-illuminations by American-Italian printmaker and artist Valenti Angelo. A charming edition of Oscar Wilde's one-act tragedy, filled with biblical figures and a controversial dark plot line that includes seduction and murder, accompanied by Angelo's illustrations. Introduction by Holbrook Jackson.