[Signed] [First Edition] Salome: A Tragedy in One Act and...

Burgundy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title and decoration, deckled edges, B&W prints on cream-colored paper, text in English (Salome/Beardsley). White paper wraps in folded black paper covers with pink and white titles, deckled edges, illus. gouache/pochoir prints to black paper, text in French (Salomé/Derain). Together in maroon slipcase. Signed by Derain to colophon and hand-numbered 1270 of 1500 copies. Subscription card present (IX). Previous owner's bookplate to both books. Heavily warped black paper covers (from original vinyl encasement, not extant), foxing to textblock edge and endpapers (Salomé/Derain). Slipcase: spine faded, heavy edgewear, foxing.

Estimate:$225

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