Description: Offered: Salome A Tragedy in One Act translated from the French of OSCAR WILDE by Lord Alfred Douglas.. Decorated & Hand Illuminated by Valenti Angelo for the Heritage Press 1945. Blank ink linen cloth Abaresque had embellished covers, 57 double French fold pages 1st edition limited as printed only once 10" x 6 1/2" Very good condition interior with remnant original of box cover. Valenti Angelo after working at a photoengraving firm for three years, he began to illustrate for Grabhorn Press in 1926, and seven years later he became a freelance artist. At the age of 40 Angelo wrote and illustrated his own story, the juvenile book Nino (1938). Over the next 28 years he went on to write and illustrate many more children’s books, including Golden Gate (1939), Hill of Little Miracles (1942), and The Acorn Tree (1958). One of Angelo’s most notable works was The Bells of Bleecker Street (1949; reprinted 1969), about the life of Italian immigrants in New York City.
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Location: Jasper, Georgia
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Publisher: Heritage Press
Modified Item: No
Subject: Performing Arts
Year Printed: 1945
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Valenti Angelo
Special Attributes: Illuminated
Author: Oscar Wilde
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Classics
