SALOME AND THE HEAD: A MODERN MELODRAMA .

Nesbit, E[dith] (Mrs. Hubert Bland)

Published by Alston Rivers, London, 1909

About this Item

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1] 2-309 [310, blank] [311-312: ads] + a 24-page publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1908 inserted at rear, twelve inserted plates with illustrations by Spenser Pryse, title page printed in orange and black, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Expansion of short story "The Head" (collected in FEAR [1910]). Published in the U.S. (by Doubleday) as THE HOUSE WITH NO ADDRESS. A macabre story in which a woman becomes a professional dancer in London and hides away from her husband in a secret apartment. She dances Salome's dance one night with a real head in her hands -- that of her husband who she has killed. Light foxing to text block and page edges (less than usual for this book), a nearly fine copy with bright cover stamping. (#170889).

Seller Inventory # 170889

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SALOME AND THE HEAD: A MODERN MELODRAMA .
• Publisher: Alston Rivers, London
• Publication Date: 1909
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror
  • Supernatural
  • Edwardian Fiction