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PREFACE. 
 
 A collector's books are his friends. And, after the 
 manner of friends, some of them have a large and 
 affectionate following, while others, delightful cronies to 
 him despite their crotchets, are frowned upon by the world 
 at large. Indeed a few may be treated as pariahs and for 
 reasons that would provoke ridicule were the field that of 
 art instead of letters. Take, for example, the assemblage 
 of engravings in " Les Fetes Publiques." Here is the work 
 of Eisen, Cochin, Le Lorrain, Tardieu and Le Mire. All 
 we ask of it is that it be beautiful. Anyone or all of the 
 artists may have been Lotharios or parricides, for all we 
 care. Still less is our concern for the shadowy personality 
 of the artisan who has fashioned an ivory crucifix. In 
 fact, the very subject will recommend itself to the average 
 as a certificate of respectability, though perfection of exe- 
 cution is after all our real criterion. So is it with the 
 beautiful painting or vase or piece of furniture. But in 
 the world of books the author is still assumed to be em- 
 balmed in his every line. The one road to unbiased 
 criticism seems to lie in anonymity. Thus only is the 
 sinner free to preach his ideals, unchallenged, and the saint 
 to set down his carnal obsessions, uncensured. As it is, 
 the most logical of us is influenced by what he hears of an 
 author's life. With this fact in mind, there is found little 
 need to dwell on the delights of companionship with, say, 
 Mark Twain or Barrie or Stevenson ; or on the fascination 
 of listening to another Tusitala, a teller of grimmer tales, 
 Joseph Conrad; or on the zest of following the jeux d' esprit 
 of Whistler. Nor need one defend ones laughter over the 
 whimsies of Eugene Field, or ones responsiveness to the 
 lilt of Lanier, or ones return to childhood in Grahame's 
 " Golden Age; " nor, for that matter, even ones sympathy 
 with the nun of Davidson's poignant ballad. These are 
 the tried friends of all English-speaking readers, made 
 doubly eloquent when the tale or poem that represents 
 each has known the intimate touch of the author's pen or 
 
hand. " The lure of rarety," growls the Philistine. " Sen- 
 timent," insists the bibliophile. And he is right. 
 
 But there is another class of writers to which the epithet 
 "decadent" is applied as a term of opprobium. In this 
 category are included, as a rule, men like Wilde and Dow- 
 son. Yet, strictly speaking, the epithet is misleading, since 
 largely due to the persistent confusion as to essentials, 
 discussed above — a confusion abetted, no doubt, by a mis- 
 chievous terminology. Whether right or wrong, however, 
 Dowson is now accorded a high position as a poet, prin- 
 cipally on acc&unt of his lovely lyric " Cynara." Wilde is 
 as surely gaining recognition as one of the most brilliant 
 minds of his age. "The Prince of Paradoxers," he has 
 been called. The term is incomprehensive as regards so 
 versatile a genius. For such he is considered in Germany, 
 where his broader significance has been appreciated and 
 his New Hedonism made the cult of a school of literature. 
 Nor in Germany alone: "The Soul of Man " is read for its 
 message in a dozen languages, from Stockholm to Pekin. 
 Only England and America persist in regarding Wilde's 
 works as literary curiosities, somewhat baleful in their in- 
 fluence—the pyrotechnics of Wit, at best. They refuse to 
 accept his several poses as they do the different "manners " 
 of the painter in oil. 
 
 Man reveals himself in his letters, if anywhere. Mere 
 fatigue will make him forget his mask at times. Wilde's 
 correspondence is no exception to the rule. In it stand 
 out all the vanities and all the charm of the individual, the 
 acumen as well as the warped dreams Of the thinker, the 
 color and technique and dramatic instinct of the artist. 
 Even those written in destitution show an indomitable 
 spirit. Through his shame sparkle again and again flashes 
 of wit— the wit of his comedies. Wilde's letters contain his 
 philosophy of life. There are twenty-two in this collection. 
 They cover a period of nearly as many years and represent 
 the labor of a decade. They were sought for, in the begin- 
 ning, in the hope of securing Wilde's complete correspond- 
 ence with S mi thers, as sidelights on the history of "The 
 Ballad ; " and later his correspondence with his American 
 managers in order to learn his side of the lecture tour in 
 1882. ' Obstacles well nigh insurmountable to the collector 
 arose, however, with the publication of " De Profundis." 
 This document stirred public curiosity to a high pitch. 
 
Prices soared. Spice then, with few exceptions, only those 
 letters most pertinent to the earlier aim have been consid- 
 ered. 
 
 It is little if no exaggeration to claim that Wilde's letter 
 of Oct. 9th, 1897, from Naples is the most important ex- 
 tant, in the history of "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." 
 The same again is true — as regards the merely bibliograph- 
 ical side of "Vera "—of his Boston letter to Colonel Morse. 
 The letter in criticism of his own "Nightingale and The 
 Rose," on the other hand, is not only delightfully whim- 
 sical in its idea, but an enchanting prose poem, and a con- 
 fession of his modus scribendi, in the bargain — a confession 
 as characteristic as it is improbable. In contrast to this, 
 are the letter to Mrs. Bernard-Beere, thoroughly Celtic in 
 its rapid change from tears to smiles; the one containing 
 an acute definition of parody and those from France and 
 Italy with their inimitable, if leste, characterizations of 
 Henley, Symons, Dowson, Ross, etc. 
 
 The Wilde manuscripts were obtained for the purpose of 
 learning his method of work. They show exacting self- 
 criticism, especially in the fourth act of "An Ideal Hus- 
 band," of which the present example is practically an 
 unpublished draft. However, in this case, Mr. Lewis Waller 
 may have been responsible for such drastic reconstruction. 
 All the manuscripts contain epigrams for some reason 
 deleted from the published versions. The MSS. are not 
 complete, that is to say, they do not compose any complete 
 play. Such finds are extremely rare. It must be remem- 
 bered that when Wilde's personal property went under the 
 hammer, there was even less order than attends the ordi- 
 nary bankruptcy sale. His friends rescued what they could ; 
 but, in the confusion MSS. were more or less jumbled. 
 Some disappeared entirely; others survived in fragments 
 only. In the case of " The Rise Of Historical Criticism," 
 for example, the last part of the MS. came to America, 
 while the first was secured by an English friend. Recogni- 
 tion of this unfortunate truth is attested by the fact that 
 early this summer at Sotheby's over $3,000 was paid for ten 
 MSS., only two of which (short poems) were complete. 
 Three of the ten were single chapters of "Dorian Gray" 
 (complete as chapters), the first of which brought the 
 astounding sum of £100. 
 
 The present manuscripts exhibit an habitual insistence 
 
 iii 
 
on the task not only done thoroughly but neatly done, 
 already marked in the copy of Sallust, annotated by "Wilde 
 when a student at Oxford. The same attitude is evidenced 
 in his books: the " Poems," " A Happy Prince," " Dorian 
 Gray," etc., the charming bindings, press work and illus- 
 trations of which bespeak the personal supervision of a 
 painstaking artist. 
 
 Other items of exceptional interest are the presentation 
 copies: that of "Lady Windermere's Fan" paralleling 
 Wilde's own dedication of " The Sphinx," as well as the 
 Frenchman's presentation to Wilde of his masterpiece, 
 "Mimes." The dated copy of "Poems," presented to 
 Colonel Morse in New York, is the same edition which the 
 author is holding in one of the painful photographs by 
 Sarony. The inscription to the gilded " Sphinx " in " The 
 Importance of Being Earnest " is incomparable. 
 
 " De Profundis" and several other first editions occur 
 in unique states, while the illustrated comic history, "Ye 
 Soul Agonies in ye life of Oscar Wilde," is interesting not 
 only as America's view of the aesthete's tour of 1882, but 
 on account of the curious, if sinister, realization of its 
 title. 
 
 The foreign versions of Wilde were secured primarily for 
 bibliographical purposes, some, for example, the editions 
 of "Salome" from Germany, Sweden and Russia, with 
 great difficulty; for the bibliophiles of those countries 
 prize the native first edition as our collectors do the first 
 Beardsley edition. But apart from this purpose, was the 
 desire to see each nation's interpretation of Wilde's work. 
 In the case of " Salome " in particular, it is illuminating. 
 
 Wilde's own copy of " Salome! " No doubt it went for a 
 song on April Z&, 1895, when the vultures descended on the 
 bijou house in ,Tite Street. Nine years later, out of the 
 royalties of this one play in Germany alone, thousands of 
 pounds were paid back to Wilde's incredulous creditors. 
 
 RICHARD BUTLER GLAENZER. 
 October, 1911. 
 
A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF THE WRITINGS OF 
 OSCAR WILDE 
 
 INCLUDING 
 
 Four Manuscripts, Twenty-two Autograph Letters, 
 
 Wilde's Own Copy of " Salome," 
 
 Four Presentation Copies, etc. 
 
 One of the Finest Collections ever offered at 
 
 Public Auction in America 
 
 BOOK ANNOTATED BY WILDE AT OXFORD. 
 
 108. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Annotated Copy of Sallust: 
 Gai Sallusti Crispi Libri De Catalinae Conjuratione Bt Bello • 
 Jugurthino, etc. 12mo, interleaved to 8vo, black cloth. 
 
 Leipzig, 1876 
 *A fine example of Wilde's scholarship. The inserted pages 
 contain Wilde's references to underscored passages, with fre- 
 quent translations of same and cross-references to Cicero, Ta- 
 citus, etc., and personal reflections on Boman society, Sulla, 
 Catiline, etc. 
 
 The inserted pages are like new, the handwriting unusually 
 legible. 
 
 109. [WILDE (OSCAR).] "Sen Artysty, or the Artist's 
 Dream," by Mme. Modjeska. Translated from the Polish by 
 Oscar Wilde. Routledge's Christmas Annual. The Green 
 Room: Stories by Those Who Frequent It. Edited by 
 Clement Scott. 8vo, original illust. wrappers, as issued. 
 
 Lond. 1880 
 
 * Bare in this state. The wrappers are usually wanting. 
 ' ' This is perhaps the only copy in existence, ' ' writes the dealer. 
 (See letter laid in loose.) Fine copy. 
 
 COFY OF "POEMS" PBESENTED IN NEW YORK. 
 
 110. WILDE (OSCAR). Poems. 4th Edition. Adver- 
 tisements at end. 12mo, original vellum with prunus-blossom 
 decorations in gold on back and covers, gilt top, uncut. 
 
 London: David Bogue, 1882 
 
 * Fine copy Extremely rare. It is in this edition and 
 not in the 5th which occur first the revisions of text and omis- 
 sion of two verses from "Charmides." The decoration of the 
 covers differs also from that of the first edition. 
 
 Presentation copy from the author to his business manager. 
 
 For 
 W. F. Morse 
 with the 
 
 compliments 
 of the Author 
 New York September 2, 
 '82. 
 Mr. Morse represented D'Oyly Carte as Wilde's business 
 manager through his American lecture tour of 1882. Presenta- 
 tion copies made by Wilde in America are practically unknown. 
 
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111. WILDE (OSCAE). Poems. Title-page by Bicketts. 
 12mo, ornamental gilt cloth after Bicketts, gilt top, uncut. 
 
 Lond.: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1892 
 
 * Edition de Luxe. Scarce. No. 38 of 220 copies of which 
 200 copies are for sale. Signed by the author. 
 
 112. WILDE (OSCAR). Gedichte. Translated into 
 German by Gisela Etzel. Device of Sphinx by Marcus 
 Behmer. 4to, printed on Old Stratford, original antique 
 boards, with design in gold by K. Schmoll von Eisenwerth, 
 vellum back, gilt top, as issued with wrapper and slide case. 
 
 Leipzig: Insel — Verlag, 1907 
 
 * First Edition in Germany. A beautiful piece of book- 
 making, containing "The Sphinx" and 50 lyrics. 
 
 "113. WILDE (OSCAR). Ye Soul Agonies in ye life of 
 Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Chas. Kendrick. Pictorial cover 
 and 11 Musts, pp. 21+iia. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. 
 
 [New York, 1882] 
 
 * An excessively rare pamphlet. This, as far as is known, 
 is the only copy to have come up for sale at auction. It is a 
 burlesque biography published during Wilde's lecture tour in 
 America. The facetious illustrations, showing him in "sesthetie 
 costume" in company with the Prince of Wales, Sarah Bern- 
 hardt, etc., are very amusing. 
 
 114. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Colonel [W. F.] 
 Morse, who had immediate charge of his American lecture 
 tour. 2 pp. 8vo, on the stationery of the Grand Pacific Hotel. 
 Signed in full. Chicago, [circ. Feb. 12, 1882] 
 
 * " I hope you will arrange some more matinees : to lecture 
 does not tire me: I would sooner lecture 5 or 6 times a week — ■ 
 and travel only three or four hours a day than lecture three 
 times — and travel 10 hours .... These matinees are a great 
 hit — let me know what we are to do after Cincinnati — is it 
 Canada? .... " 
 
 Interesting letter. 
 
 115. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Mr. [D'Oyly] Carte, 
 manager of his American tour. 6 pp. (numbered), 8vo, on 
 the stationery of the Metropolitan Hotel. Signed in full. 
 
 St. Paul, Minn. March 16, 1882 
 
 * " I have received your letter about the play : I agree to 
 place it entirely in your hands for production on the terms of 
 my receiving half profits, and a guarantee of £200 paid down 
 
 to me on occasion of its production As regards the caste: 
 
 I am sure you see yourself how well the part will suit Clara 
 Morris: I am, however quite aware how difficile she is and 
 what practical danger may attend the perilling of it on her 
 .... If Miss Morris cannot be really retained, I am willing to 
 leave it to your hands for Rose Coghlan ..." 
 
 Unusually interesting letter, with reference to "Vera," 
 which was refused by both actresses mentioned. Dated letters 
 of this period are especially rare. 
 
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ON THE HOSTILITY OF CHICAGO'S PAPEES. 
 
 116. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Col. [W. P.] Morse. 
 10 pp. (numbered). 8vo, on the stationery of the Withnell 
 House. Signed in full. 
 
 Omaha, Neb. [circ. March 21, 1882] 
 
 * " Six lectures a week for three weeks seem to me enormous. 
 I do not know if I can stand it ... . However, I will do my 
 best — and if I feel Titan like, will do matinees .... I did not 
 revive any discussion on the Baltimore business at Chicago for 
 many reasons, but the Chicago papers were particularly hostile 
 at the tune — accusing me of encouraging the attack on me and 
 of having 'corrected the proofs of the Washington attack and 
 approved of the caricature before it was published' .... If Mr. 
 Carte wishes a public discussion of why I went to Washington 
 
 instead of Baltimore, I think he is very foolish Mr. Carte, 
 
 should have (at the time I was being so brutally assailed) writ- 
 ten to say that the mistake arose through a careless messenger 
 
 from the office It is intolerable to bore me about the 
 
 idiocy of the office clerk As regards my opinion of the 
 
 management, that would be premature .... I send you the play- 
 prologue I am very tired and worn out. Thank you 
 
 for sending Lady Wilde the check I will lecture as long 
 
 as the public stands being lectured — to the middle of May cer- 
 tainly " 
 
 Very long interesting letter, dealing in detail with his 
 quarrel with Archibald Forbes, the "Baltimore Incident" and 
 the "monkey cartoon" in the "Washington Post" January 
 22, 1882. ' 
 
 ON THE EIGHTS OF THE ACTOB. 
 
 117. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Mr. [D'Oyly] Carte. 
 4 pp. large 4to. (10y 2 x 8 in.) on private paper, watermarked 
 "Belfast Linen." Signed in pull. 
 
 [Western States, circ. April, 1882.] 
 *"As regards any changes in the play, pray rest assured 
 that any suggestions I will be only too glad to get. The play 
 is meant, not to be read, but to be acted — and the actor has 
 always a right to object and to suggest. No one could recog- 
 nize the artist's right more than I do The only reason 
 
 to speak honestly that the play is as good an acting play as it 
 
 is, is that I took every actor's suggestion I could get I 
 
 feel that it will succeed if she [Clara Morris] act and you man- 
 age. Could you secure Kyrle Bellew or Johnston Forbes Bob- 
 
 ertson for the Czarevitch? " 
 
 Vert interesting letter, with reference to "Vera," especi- 
 ally remarkable for his views concerning the rights of the actor 
 wholly at variance with those advertised in "Puppets and 
 Actors" (1892). 
 
 IMPOBTANT LETTEB BEGAEDING WILDE'S FIEST PLAY: 
 
 "VEBA." 
 
 118. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Col. [W. F.] Morse. 
 6 pp. 8vo, on private notepaper, watermarked "Russian 
 Linen." Signed in full. Boston [circ. Sept., 1882] 
 
 * ' ' Mr. Moore paid only 250 dollars and no expenses at all. 
 I did not like to stop lecturing, as he entreated me to go on. I 
 thought it would be best then that our side of the contract 
 should be perfectly carried out I think our chance is to 
 
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give the two weeks at 700 a week. He will do this in the large 
 towns, but he brought me to wretched villages of 10,000 people 
 where of course they did not come Hayman from Au- 
 stralia has not arrived yet. If (Mary) Anderson takes my play 
 I could not go Thank you for sending the play to Wash- 
 ington. I think to copyright under your name would be a very 
 good plan. I wish you would send one to the Manager you 
 spoke of here, Mr. Field — also one to Eose Coghlan at Wallaek's 
 and one to Wallack himself I wish you would tell Hay- 
 man, etc., etc. ' ' 
 
 Vert interesting and legible letter, referring to the trials 
 of the lecturer, his projected tour in the Far East and the for- 
 tunes of "Vera." At the bottom of page 6, the names of the 
 recipients of copies of "Vera" have been jotted down in pencil 
 with the following note, initialed by Col. Morse: "This memo. 
 is for copies of Wilde 's Play ' ' Vera ' ' which was copyrighted 
 by me and sent- out as directed by Wilde." 
 
 119. WILDE (OSCAR). Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf. By 
 Rennell Rodd. With An Introduction By Oscar Wilde. 
 Printed in brown ink on one side only of thin translucent 
 handmade paper, interleaved with pale green tissue. Japan- 
 esque vignettes by J. E. Kelly. 12mo, vellum with intaglio 
 medallion, gilt top, uncut. 
 
 Philadelphia: J. M. Stoddart & Co., 1882 
 * The vert rare first edition, in perfect condition. The 
 publisher has stated that it was a very limited issue, "printed 
 on a remainder of paper made by the first paper-maker in 
 America for the Government, probably before the Bevolution. " 
 Wilde was in part responsible for the unusual features of this 
 volume. The storm of criticism which it provoked caused its 
 withdrawal in favor of a second edition printed on ordinary 
 paper, bound in cloth, with which it should not be confused. 
 This "freak volume" is said to have caused a rupture in the 
 friendship of Wilde and the present British Ambassador at 
 Borne. 
 
 120. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Uncle Sam (Sam 
 Ward, the bon vivant, brother of Julia Ward Howe) . 4 pp. 
 8vo, but written crosswise, making a large two-page letter, on 
 private paper. Boston [Oct., 1882] 
 
 * ' ' My Dear Uncle Sam, 
 
 Thank you so much for the reviews-it is very nicely done, 
 and though literary discourtesy could go further than to omit 
 all mention of my name, still it is so marked as to be almost 
 a compliment. I am surprised that Dana could have done such 
 an ungracious and foolish aet. I am off to Nova Scotia and 
 will be back in three weeks. 
 
 Your idea of a dinner to Mrs. Langtry is charming but then 
 every thing you do from poetry to menus is perfect. You are 
 the great authority on lyrics and Lafitte. 
 
 Ever affectionately, 
 Oscar. ' ' 
 
 Vert interesting letter, written shortly before his Halifax 
 lecture. Mr. Ward had greeted Wilde's arrival in New York 
 with a poem and had entertained him both there and, during 
 the summer, at Long Beach and at his sister's cottage, Law- 
 ton's Valley, Newport. The review in question was one of 
 "Eose Leaf and Apple Leaf" in the New York Sun. See pre- 
 ceding item. 
 
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121. [WILDE (OSCAR).] "Under the Balcony." A 
 Poem by Wilde. Shakespearean Show-Book. Illusts. by 
 Walter Crane, Furniss, Caldecott, etc. Oblong 12mo, origi- 
 nal ornamental boards, uncut. Manchester, 1884 
 
 * Fine copy. The first issue of "Wilde's verses (p. 23). Other 
 original contributions by Browning, Tennyson, etc. 
 
 122. WILDE (OSCAR). The Century Guild Hobby 
 Horse. A Quarterly edited by Herbert P. Home. Illusts. 
 after Millet, Blake, Lely, Bossetti, and other artists. Vol. I, 
 in original boards. Vol. II- VII, inc., in parts with original 
 wrappers designed by Selwyn Image. 7 vols. (Complete). 
 4to as specified above, with yearly indexes and title-pages un- 
 cut. Lond. 1886-92 
 
 * This beautiful publication was issued "to emphasize the 
 unity of Art," printed by the Chiswick Press on handmade 
 paper. Contains: (1) Keats' Sonnet On Blue by Oscar Wilde, 
 an essay on the sonnet, given him in MS. by Mrs. Speed, with 
 facsimile of same. (Vol. 1, p. 81.) Laid in loose are the 
 printed Notes for same, as written for ' ' Dec. Art of America. ' ' 
 (2) Blake's Broadsheet of "Little Tom the Sailor," a fac- 
 simile of a unique copy belonging to H. H. Gilchrist, Esq. 
 (Vol. 1, p. 121.) (3) Non sum . . . Cynarae by Ernest Dowson 
 (No. 22, 1891). Antedates by 5 years the version in "Verses" 
 and varies from same. 
 
 Also Dowson 's Nuns of the Perpetual Adoration, etc., and 
 numerous contributions by John Addington Symonds, Buskin, 
 etc. 
 
 WITH INTEBESTING EXTBA MATTEE INSEBTED. 
 
 123. WILDE (OSCAR). The Happy Prince and Other 
 Tales. With 3 full-page illusts. by Walter Crane and 12 
 vignettes by Jacomb Hood. 4to, original parchment boards, 
 uncut. Lond. : David Nutt, 1888 
 
 * First Edition. Clean copy. From the library of Thomas 
 Hutchinson, containing as extra-matter: (1) To Oscar Wilde, 
 Oct. 15, '90, a rondeau by Hutchinson written as a birthday 
 greeting, inscribed by him on fly-leaf. (2) To Oscar Wilde, 
 printed dedication of Hutchinson's "Jolts and Jingles" (1889), 
 signed and laid in back cover. (3) To Oscar Wilde, 3 verses 
 of five lines each, by Justin Huntly McCarthy, M.P., inscribed 
 by Hutchinson. A charming tribute ref. to each of the tales 
 and ending 
 
 "I love them all, but love indeed the best 
 
 The red rose blossom of the Song-bird's breast." 
 (4) To Oscar Wilde: In a Copy of The Happy Prince, a son- 
 net by B. B. Glaenzer, inscribed by him on a sep. sheet. (5) 
 Press notices laid in covers, with half-tone port, by H. C. S. 
 Wright (1895) at end. 
 
 AN EXTEAOEDINABY LETTEE CONTAINING 
 WILDE'S OPINION OF HIS "NIGHTINGALE AND THE BOSE." 
 
 124. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Thomas Hutchinson. 
 4 pp. 4to, on the stationery of his home; 16, Tite Street, 
 Chelsea, S. W. Signed in pull. The date has been entered 
 by Mr. Hutchinson. July 13th, 1888 
 
 * " ... I am afraid that I don 't think as much of the young 
 Student as you do. He seems to me a rather shallow young 
 man . . . The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, 
 
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at least is Romance — and the Student and the girl are, like most 
 of us, unworthy of Romance. So, at least, it seems to me, but 
 I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the Tale — 
 
 for in writing it I did not start with an idea and clothe 
 
 it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beau- 
 tiful enough to have many secrets and many answers." 
 
 Remarkable literary letter, that takes rank with his 
 "Poems in Prose." 
 
 125. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Alice [Corkran], 
 author. 4 pp. 4to, on stationery of his home. 16, Tite Street, 
 Chelsea, S. W. Signed in pull. [circ. Nov., 1888] 
 
 * ' ' The non-appearance of the review makes no matter and 
 my letter was. merely, a bit of nonsense. I think I have got 
 
 quite as much praise as is good for me America has 
 
 exhausted itself in complimentary adjectives. I have been read- 
 ing your charming story, "Meg's Friend" and have 
 
 said a few words about it in my Xmas number I am hard 
 
 at work at some new stories, which I think you will like. "Why 
 don't you send something to the Woman's World? .... " 
 
 Fine letter, written while he was Editor of the Woman's 
 World. His remarks refer to the "Happy Prince," of which 
 we had sent Miss Corkran a presentation copy in June. The 
 new stories were "The Young King," etc. 
 
 126. WILDE (OSCAR). "London Models." English 
 Illustrated Magazine. No. 64. 4to, pictorial cover (back 
 cracked but text intact) , Lond. : January, 1889 
 
 * Wilde 's essay occurs pp. 313-9 with 15 illust. by Harper 
 Pennington. Also an article by Archibald Forbes, with whom 
 Wilde quarreled in America, in Jan. 1882. See No. 116, laid 
 in loose is the signed corrected galley of Notes for this article 
 by R. B. Glaenzer, as written for "Dec. Art In Am." 
 
 A CHARMING WHIMSICAL LETTER. 
 
 127. WILDE (OSCAR) . A. L. S. to Bernie [Mrs. Bernard- 
 Beere], who created the role of Mrs. Arbuthnot in "A Woman 
 of No. Importance. " 8 pp. 4to, on the stationery of the Beau- 
 fort Club, 32 Dover Street, W. (somewhat soiled). 
 
 [circ. Jan., 1889J 
 * ' ' My dear Bernie, 
 
 .... You will be sorry to hear that I have been in great 
 trouble. Our youngest boy has been so ill that we thought he 
 could never recover, and I was so unhappy over it that all my 
 
 duties and letters escaped me I am afraid as it is ten 
 
 years since I lived in Dublin that all my friends have vanished 
 
 but I have no doubt that by this time all the 
 
 college boys are in love with you. If they are not . . . they 
 must have lost their old admiration for wit and beauty. I hope 
 you will' drive about on outside cars. There are several Dion 
 Boucicaults on the stand opposite the Shelburne who are de- 
 lightful creatures . . . How nice of the earthquake to wait till 
 
 you had left. Apres vous, — le tremblement de terre! 
 
 Your last dinner was a marvel We have no 'lionne now 
 
 but Ouida. 
 
 With best wishes, believe me, 
 Ever yours, 
 
 Oscar. ' ' 
 Fascinating intimate letter, very characteristic of Wilde. 
 His younger boy was Vivian, who a few years ago was a student 
 at Cambridge. Letters of this period are extremely scarce. 
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128. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Walter Hamilton, a 
 propos of his "Parodies of the Works of English and 
 American Authors." 4 pp. 4to, on the stationery of his home. 
 16, Tite Street, Chelsea, S. W., with postmarked envelope. 
 Signed in full. [Jan. 29, 1889.] 
 
 * " I have never collected the parodies of my poetry. Col- 
 lecting contemporaneous things is like trying to hold froth in a 
 
 sieve As most of my poems are long and lyrical, they 
 
 have not, I fancy, been good models Parody, which is 
 
 the Muse with her tongue in her cheek, has always amused me; 
 but it requires a light touch, . . . and, oddly enough, a love of 
 the poet whom it caricatures. Ones disciples can parody one — 
 nobody else." 
 
 Extremely brilliant letter, in perfect condition. 
 
 129. WILDE (OSCAR). Le Portrait De Monsieur W. H. 
 Translated into French by Albert Savine. 8vo, original 
 wrappers, unopened. Paris: V. Stock, 1906 
 
 * First Edition. Large Paper. No. 2 of 10 copies initialed 
 by the Editor. Contains also "The Canterville Ghost," "The 
 Sphinx Without A Secret, " " The Model Millionaire, " " Poems 
 In Prose," and "The Soul Of Man." 
 
 130. WILDE (OSCAR) . The Soul of Man Under Socialism 
 (And Essays By William Morris and W. C. Owen). The 
 Humboldt Library of Science. No. 147, March, 1891. 8vo, 
 original wrappers. N. Y. 1891 
 
 * Genuine First Edition. Fine clean copy. 
 
 131. WILDE (OSCAR). The Picture of Dorian Gray. 
 Square 8vo, original decorated parchment and boards, gilt top, 
 uncut, with original outside wrappers. 
 
 Lond. : N. T. & Melbourne [1891] 
 
 * First Edition on LARGE paper. No. 203 of 250 copies, each 
 numbered and autographed by the author, the date on title- 
 page being also in his hand. 
 
 Perfect copy. Very scarce. 
 
 132. WILDE (OSCAR). A House of Pomegranates. With 
 4 full-page Musts, by C. H. Shannon, and many Musts., in- 
 cluding title-page and end-papers, by Charles Bicketts. 
 Square 8vo, original cloth from Ricketts' design, uncut. 
 
 Lond. 1891 
 
 * First Edition. Laid in loose is a copy of Wilde 's letter to 
 The Speaker, answering a criticism of the illusts. Scarce. 
 Present copy is like new. 
 
 133. WILDE (OSCAR). Das Granatapfelhaus. Trans- 
 lated into German by Felix Paul Greve. Four (4) full-page 
 Musts, ornamental letters and tail-piece by Heinrich Vogeler- 
 Worpswedc. 4to, original antique boards, ornamented in 
 gold, vellum back, gilt top. Leipzig : In Insel-Verlag, 1904 
 
 * First Edition. No. 306 of 1,400 copies. One of the most 
 sumptuous and popular of Wilde's works published in Germany. 
 Much sought for in first issue. 
 
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134. "WILDE (OSCAR). Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile. 
 Translated into French by Albert Savine. 8vo, original wrap- 
 pers, uncut. Paris : P.-V. Stock, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in French, containing also ' ' The Happy 
 Prince" and its companion tales; and "Ego Te Absolvo, " 
 ' ' Old Bishop 's ' ' and ' ' The Orange Peel, ' ' stories which have 
 been repudiated by Wilde's literary executor. 
 
 135. WILDE (OSCAR). Lord Arthur Savile 's Brott. 
 Spoket Pa Canterville. Translated into Swedish by Michael 
 Gripenberg and Ernest Von Wendt. 4to, on deckle-edge 
 paper, original wrappers, unopened. 
 
 Helsgfors : Forlags, A. B. Helios, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in Swedish, but published in Finland. Large 
 paper. No. 38 of 50 copies. Containing the bookplate of Chris- 
 topher 8. Millard (Stuart Mason), the bibliographer of Wilde. 
 
 136. WILDE (OSCAR). Spoket pa Canterville och Andra 
 Noveller och Sagor. Translated into Swedish by Ernst Lund- 
 quist. 8vo, original wrappers, ill. with the "Kelly" head, 
 unopened. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, Forlag, 1906 
 
 * First Edition printed in Sweden, containing "The Portrait 
 of Mr. W. H.," "Lord Arthur Savile 's Crime," and both 
 "The Happy Prince" and "A House of Pomegranates," com- 
 plete. 
 
 WILDE'S OWN COPT OF "SALOME." 
 
 137. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Drame en un acte. 
 12mo, original purple wrappers with lettering, etc., in silver, 
 uncut, held by a maker-cord in covers bound in red russia 
 leather, with brass corners. Paris, 1893 
 
 * The original edition, in fine condition. Printed on extra 
 thick handmade paper, inscribed on the title-page by the author : 
 
 "No. 10 
 Oscar Wilde" 
 
 This edition was dedicated to Pierre Louys, who gave the 
 finishing touches to Wilde's French, already subjected to minor 
 revisions by Stuart Merrill and Adolph RettS. Out of a very 
 few copies made on handmade paper, only two or three have 
 been offered for sale at auction and none, as far as it is known, 
 numbered and signed by the author. 
 
 The collector's experience with books from Wilde's library 
 convinces him that this was Wilde's own copy. The following 
 extract from an A. L. S. (laid in loose) from the wife of Mr. 
 W. F. Morse, Wilde's manager in America, New York, Feb. 26, 
 1906, confirms this belief. 
 
 ... "I can confidently assure you that your copy fulfills in 
 every respect the one that I, a visitor at Mr. Wilde's home 
 remember taking from his hand during a certain afternoon visit 
 at the Tite St. house: and I recall it was one among the many 
 of his valued and valuable copies of first editions of his own 
 work, and that of other authors." 
 
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138. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. A Tragedy in one 
 Act. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde. With 
 fronts. , ornamental title-page and table of illusts. , 10 full-page 
 illusts. and the powder-puff tail-piece, after the designs of 
 Aubrey Beardsley. 8vo, blue buckram with ornaments in 
 gold, unopened except opp. illustrations. Lond. 1894 
 
 * The Rare First Edition in English, limited to 500 copies 
 for England. The fronts, and illusts. opp. pp. 16, 24 and 32 
 contain caricatures of Wilde. 
 
 Fine fresh copy. 
 
 139. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Sorgspel 1 En Akt. 
 Translated into Swedish by Edv. Alkman. 4to, original 
 pictorial wrappers, unopened. 
 
 Stockholm: Wahlstrom & Widstrand [1895] 
 
 * First Edition in Swedish. No. 50 of 50 copies on Large 
 Paper. After the Dutch Edition (1893) this is the second trans- 
 lation into a foreign language. Fine copy. Scarce. 
 
 140. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. A Tragedy in one 
 Act. With fronts. , table of illusts. (on pink paper) and 10 
 illusts. by Aubrey Beardsley. 16mo (lacking the covers), 
 unopened. San Francisco [1896] 
 
 * First American Edition. Fresh copy. Exceedingly rare. 
 
 THE RARE GERMAN "SALOME." 
 
 141. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Tragoedie In Einen 
 Akt. Translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann. With 
 ornamental gilt " Moth "fly-leaves, double title-page, and 10 
 full-page illusts. by Marcus Behmer. 8vo, Roman charac- 
 ters, original wrappers with lilac orchid by Behmer, title 
 in gold, uncut. Leipzig: Im Insel-Verlage, 1903 
 
 * First Edition of the first translation into German. Ex- 
 tremely rare and fine copy. Text used by Richard Strauss for 
 his opera. All later editions of this version fin its 5th ed. in 
 1909) have only the title-page and 2 of the 10 illusts , considered 
 by many the chef d'ceuvre of Marcus Behmer, called the Ger- 
 man Beardsley. It sells at a large premium in Germany and 
 is rarer than any except the original French. As far as is 
 known, no other copy has ever been offered for sale in America. 
 
 142. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Dramat W. 1 Ackcie. 
 Translated into Polish by Hew. G-onsowska. With 4- pic- 
 torial head-pieces arid S tail-pieces. Square 12mo, original 
 pictorial wrappers, unopened. Monachium [Munich], 1904 
 
 * First Edition in Polish. Interesting illustrations. 
 
 143. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Drama En Un Acto. 
 Translated into Spanish by J. Perez Jorba and B. Rodriguez. 
 With an introduction by E. Gomez Carrillo. With numer- 
 ous illusts. by L. Valera. 16mo. original pictorial wrappers 
 (back cracked), uncut. Madrid: B. Rodriguez [1904] 
 
 * First Edition in Spanish, containing Carrillo's " Origin of 
 Salome," purporting to be an account at firsthand of the 
 sources of Wilde's inspiration, also with reference to Mme. 
 Bernhardt. 
 
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144. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Drama. Translated 
 into Russian by W. and L. Andruson. Edited by K. D. 
 Balmont. Large 4to, original pictorial wrappers, unopened. 
 
 Moscow: "Le Griffon," 1904 
 
 * First Edition in Russian. The front cover is extraordinary : 
 an orgy in red and black. 
 
 Rare. 
 
 145. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Programs of 3 Important Per- 
 formances of Salome in America. (1) The Progressive 
 Stage Society. At the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre, New 
 York, Nov. 13, 1905. (First performance in America.) 
 4to, folder. (2) Production by Miss Mercedes Leigh. At 
 the Astor Theatre, New York, Nov. 15th, 1906. (Second 
 Production: One performance only.) 4to, folder. (3) Man- 
 hattan Opera House, N. Y., Jan. 28th, 1909. (First per- 
 fornance in French.) With "Action of the Drama. " 16 pp. 
 4to. 3 Pieces, as issued. N. Y., v. d. 
 
 * Rare. 
 
 146. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. The Evening Sun, 
 Saturday, Oct. 6, 1906. pp. 7-8.— Salome. IS illusts. after 
 Beardsley. 12mo, black and gold pictorial boards, gilt top, 
 uncut. Bost. 1906. — Salome. A Play. 12mo, pictorial 
 wrappers. N. Y., For the Trade, 1907. — Salome, Libretto 
 with Argument, French and English, 8vo, wrappers. N. Y., 
 F. Rullman [1909]. 4 vols. v. p., v. d. 
 
 * The " Evening Sun " gives the text complete. Scarce col- 
 lection. 
 
 147. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. Tragodie. In Einem 
 Akt. Translated into German by Hedwig Lachmann. 
 With 15 illusts. by Aubrey Beardsley on Strathmore, Japan. 
 
 4to, Roman characters, boards with leather back, gilt top, 
 unopened, with slide case. Leipsig, 1907 
 
 * First German Edition to contain the Beardsley drawings. 
 No. 152 of 825 copies on handmade paper. 
 
 148. WILDE (OSCAR). Salome. A Tragedy in One 
 Act, etc. Introduction by Robert Ross. With 16 illusts. 
 by Beardsley. 4to, "Peacock Cover," in green and gold, 
 gilt top, uncut, original outside wrappers. 
 
 Lond. : John Lane, 1907 
 
 * First Edition with the suppressed Beardsley plates and re- 
 productions of 2 European programs. . Laid in pp. xiv-xvii of 
 the Introduction are press notices of all premieres in England 
 and America, and of both versions of the Opera in America 
 (with casts) ; and numerous notes on other presentations; also 
 Wilde's observations regarding the play, Mme. Bernhardt', etc. 
 etc., all neatly inscribed by Mr. Glaenzer, with a pictorial 
 Salome bookplate. 
 
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149. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Book-Song. An Anthology 
 of Poems of Books and Bookmen from Modern Authors. 
 Edited by Gleeson White. 12mo, original cloth, unopened. 
 
 Lond. 1893 
 
 * Scarce. Contains the first issue "To My Wife " and with 
 a copy of "The House of Pomegranates" (pp. 156-7), and 
 allusion to Wilde in " A Ballad of Authors and Books,'' pp. 10- 
 11. Like new. 
 
 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF ACT III OF 
 "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN." 
 
 150. WILDE (OSCAR). Lady Windermere's Pan. Orig- 
 inal MS. of Act III, entirely in Wilde's hand, written in 
 black ink in a ruled copy-book, nine (9) inches high by 
 seven and one-eighth (7£) inches wide, with the original 
 covers of blue marbled paper bearing the name of the 
 stationer: Harding, 45 Piccadilly W. There are 16 sheets, 
 3a unnumbered pages (including the half-sheet, p. 15). 
 The book originally had 8 additional sheets, which have 
 been torn out, but there is every indication that this is the 
 first draft complete as it stands. [ciro. 1891] 
 
 * This is the brilliant act which takes place in Lord Darling- 
 ton's rooms, leading up to the discovery of the fan. The text 
 runs on sequentially, on the face of the pages, while on the 
 back of many appear new dialogue and bon mots for insertion 
 in the later draft. A fascinating example of the playright's 
 method of composition, containing many lines not published 
 in the final version. At the bottom of page 23 is jotted down 
 for insertion the famous epigram: 
 
 " We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the 
 stars." 
 
 CORRECTED DRAFT OF ACT I OF 
 "LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN." 
 
 151. WILDE (OSCAR). Lady Windermere's Fan. Actl. 
 Original typewritten MS., with numerous additions and 
 corrections and erasures in pencil by the Author. This 
 copy is on heavy paper, with the names of characters (on 
 the margins) and stage directions, underscored in red ink: 
 with the text on the face of the sheet only. Title-page 
 and page of Dramatis Personse. Text appears on pp. 2-19 
 incl. 4to (10-J-xKi inches), heavy brown covers, bearing 
 the stamp " Mrs." Marshall's Type Writing Office," etc. 
 Title on label. [Circ. 1892] 
 
 * Collation indicates this to have been the next to final draft 
 of the play as it appears in the Library Edition (1893). There 
 are numerous minor variations from both the text and stage 
 directions of the published version, but most important is the 
 brilliant dialogue inserted on the blank pages, a small part of 
 which was incorporated in the final version, but most of which 
 is unpublished, evidently have been deleted from the last 
 draft. There is one bit of dialogue in Wilde's autograph on 
 the difference between men and women, which he used 
 eventually in " A Woman of No Importance." Opposite page 6 
 he has written for insertion : 
 
 " Now, I don't think it is of any importance what people 
 do." This is omitted from the printed text. 
 Fine clean deaft. 
 
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PRESENTATION COPY OF RARE ASSOCIATION INTEREST. 
 
 152. WILDE (OSCAR). Lady Windermere's Fan. A 
 Play About a Good Woman. 8vo, original cloth, decorated 
 by Charles Shannon, uncut. Lond. 1893 
 
 * First edition, of which only 500 copies were printed. 
 Presentation to the Author of "Mimes." 
 
 " To my friend 
 
 Marcel Schwob 
 in sincere 
 
 admiration and 
 
 regard 
 Oscar Wilde 
 
 •94" 
 Compare this inscription with the one of Schwob to Wilde in 
 •' Mimes," No. 92 of this catalogue. 
 
 153. WILDE (OSCAR). Trois Comedies— L'Eventail de 
 Lady Windermere, Un Mari Ideal, Une Femme sans Im- 
 portance. Translated into French by Arnelle. 8vo, origi- 
 nal wrappers, unopened. Paris: Dujarrie et Cie, 1906 
 
 * First Edition in French. 
 
 154. WILDE (OSCAR). The Sphinx. Printed in small 
 Roman capitals, the large initial letters in green and run- 
 ning title in carmine, with 8 full-page and a half-page illust. 
 in carmine by Charles Ricketts. 4to, original covers of 
 English vellum, with pictorial designs on both covers, 
 unopened. (Outside protective covers of silk ) Lond. 1894 
 
 *The Rare First Edition, " limited to 200 copies for Eng- 
 land." This book was dedicated to Marcel Schwob (See No. 92) 
 and is one of the most beautiful of Wilde's books. Absolutely 
 flawless unwarped copy. 
 
 155. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Aristophanes At Oxford. O.W. 
 By y. T. O. With a Preface. 12mo, original wrappers, un- 
 opened. Oxford : J. Vincent [1894] 
 
 * A blank verse satire in dramatic form. Ridicules the New 
 Hedonism of Wilde, introduced as " A Modern Philosopher," 
 in the vein of: 
 
 "O.W. — Help! I'm asphyxiated ! (Faints.) 
 Socrates. — At last the quibbler is reduced to silence! 
 Thucydides — . . . A whited sepulchre ! 
 
 * Dry bones within, and epigrams without !" 
 Scarce. 
 
 UNIQUE DRAFTS OF TWO ACTS OF 
 " A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE." 
 
 156. WILDE (OSCAR). A Woman of No Importance. 
 Acts III and IV. Original Typewritten MSS. on heavy 
 paper, the names of characters (on margins) and stage di- 
 rections, underscored in red ink in prescribed form, with 
 text on the face of the sheet only. Title-pages to both acts. 
 Act III, 17 pages of text ; Act IV, 14 pages of text. 2 vols. 
 4to (10-j- x 8% inches), heavy brown paper covers (like all 
 
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Wilde's play MSS.), bearing the stamp: "Mrs. Marshall's 
 Type Writing Office, 126 Strand," title on label, [circ. 1894] 
 
 * By internal evidence an intermediate draft. The printed 
 version of the play differs from present text in many ways. 
 The revisions and amplifications made in the fourth act in 
 particular are a doubtful improvement on this earlier version, 
 of special interest in containing a number of amusing and 
 brilliant unpublished passages, e. g. the cynical Lord Illing- 
 worth's witty denunciation of Puritanism (Act III) and his re- 
 marks on America. 
 
 Perfectly clean. 
 
 157. WILDE (OSCAR). Phrases and Philosophies for 
 the Use of the Yonng. Pp. vi-8-vi. 12mo, wrappers. 
 
 Lond. 1894 
 
 * " Of this work seventy -five copies only were printed for 
 presentation," is the statement on reverse of half-title. 
 
 158. WILDE (OSCAR). Apologia Pro Oscar Wilde. 
 By Dal Young. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Lond. 1895 
 
 * First Edition, with " judgment " instead of " judgement," 
 p. 14. This copy has the usual erasures of selling prices, etc., 
 from title-page and from cover. 
 
 A REMARKABLE SERIES OF LETTERS 
 GIVING THE HISTORY OF " THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL." 
 
 159. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. To Leonard Smithers, 
 his publisher. 4 pp. 4to, on heavy notepaper, with ad- 
 dressed envelope, postmarked "Dieppe," and inscribed 
 " Strictly Private." Signed IN PULL. 
 
 Berneval-Sur Mer, Aug. 4 [18]97 
 
 * " The wonderful parcel — the Prize packet in fact !— of books 
 has just arrived, and I must send you a line at once and tell 
 you .... how nice it is of you to give them to me. I hope very 
 much that some day I shall have something that you will like 
 well enough to publish .... To-night .... I will look at your 
 wonderful productions by starlight : the moon, just at present, 
 is not to be relied on ; indeed she never is. Your generosity in 
 not including Symons is much appreciated ....". 
 
 Brilliant legible letter, written shortly after his release 
 from Reading Gaol and before he had begun "The Ballad." 
 Letters of this period are very rare, and lull-dated ones still 
 more so. Refers to Ernest Dowson. 
 
 WILDE'S FIRST ALLUSION TO " THE BALLAD OF 
 READING GAOL." 
 
 160. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leouard Smithers. 
 3 pp., 4to, on heavy notepaper, with addressed envelope 
 unstamped. Signed in pull. 
 
 Berneval-sur-Mer, Wednesday, Aug. 24, [1897] 
 
 * " Will you do me a great favor, and have the Poem I send 
 you type- written for me, and bring it over with you on Satur- 
 day — or, if you cannot come, send it by Post to Sebastian 
 Melmoth, C/O Hotel Sandwich. — Dieppe, where I shall be. I 
 want it done on good paper — not tissue paper — and bound in a 
 brown paper cover .... It is not yet finished, but I want to 
 see it typewritten. I am sick of my MS . . .'.'. 
 
 Very legible and neat. The letter was evidently carried 
 to England, with the first draft of " The Ballad," by some one 
 of Wilde's friends. 
 
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EXTRAORDINARY LONG LETTER RELATING TO 
 "THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL." 
 
 161. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 
 12pp., 4to, with postmarked envelope. Signed in full. 
 
 Villa Gindice, via Posilippo, Napoli. Sunday, [Oct. 9th, 
 
 1897] 
 
 * " I have heard nothing from Cook yet, but I have no doubt 
 .... that you have done what I asked you .... I am not ask- 
 ing you for an ordinary loan of money at all : I am asking for 
 a small advance on my poem which you are about to publish. 
 When you asked me my terms at Dieppe, I said I would be 
 ready to leave the entire question to you. You said you would 
 give me the entire profits .... This offer, I may say, was made 
 before, not after dinner, at the Cafe des Tribuneaux. I said I 
 would not agree to it, as I did not think it fair .... but that I 
 would take half the profits. This was agreed to. 
 
 At that time I proposed to publish first in some paper, but 
 since then I decided not to ... . Previous publicity would, of 
 course, have damaged your sale. People will not pay half-a- 
 crown for what they can buy for a penny. Why, — I cannot 
 understand .... So after having .... let you have the virgin- 
 ity of the poem, .... I don't think I am really asking a great 
 favor in saying that I wish you to advance me £20 on account 
 .... Application to you for a . . . . personal loan may .... fol- 
 low .... but up to the present time our relations have been 
 merely the usual ones of poet and publisher, with the usual 
 complete victory for the latter .... I also .... send enclosed 
 four more verses of great power and romantic-realistic sugges- 
 tions .... They .... improve Part II, as it was a little too 
 short compared to the others." 
 
 Perfectly legible throughout, with a very amusing ref- 
 erence to Arthur Symons, remarks on an illustrated edition, 
 offers made by another publisher, etc. Runs to over 740 words. 
 
 162. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 4 pp. 4to, on the stationery of the Hotel Royal des Stran- 
 gers, postmarked envelope with view of Hotel. Signed in 
 full. Naples, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 1897 
 
 * " As an edition of 500 — of which 100 will go to the press, 
 authors, etc., practically — will only just pay expenses, and 
 leave me £20 in your debt — I now think it would be better after 
 all to publish the poem in a paper. It is too long for the 
 Chronicle .... Frank Harris has been so offensive to me and 
 about me that I do not think negotiations possible with him 
 .... My idea is Reynolds .... It circulates widely among the 
 criminal classes — to which I now belong — so I shall be read by 
 my peers— a new experience for me .... I have had a letter 
 from Ernest Dowson to say he gave you £10 of his debt to me. 
 This seems improbable .... but I have no doubt he ' means 
 well' . . . ." 
 
 Interesting letter. His opinion of Mr. Harris changed. 
 To him "An Ideal Husband " was dedicated and a scenario fur- 
 nished for "Mr. and Mrs. Deventry." 
 
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FINE TRIBUTE TO ROBERT ROSS. 
 
 163. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 4 pp. 8vo. Signed in full. 
 
 Villa del Giudice, Posilippo, Nov. 30 [1897] 
 
 * " Robbie Ross has sent me a copy of a letter he has written 
 you — in which he states that he finds he has no longer my con- 
 fidence in business matters — and so does not wish to be con- 
 nected with my affairs. I . . . . assure you that Robbie writes 
 under a complete misapprehension .... Robbietias done every- 
 thing for me in business that any one on earth could do — and 
 his own generosity and unwearying kindness are beyond any 
 expression of praise on my part, though, I am glad to say, not 
 beyond my powers of gratitude .... It would be fairer of him 
 to say that it is too much worry to go on, than that he finds he 
 has not my confidence. Such a statement is childish . . . ." 
 
 Fine and legible letter, but written in a state of nervous 
 tension, marked by frequent abbreviations. 
 
 164. WILDE (OSCAR). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. 
 By C. 3.3. 8vo, ornamental cover, uncut. London, 1898 
 
 * Rare Edition de Luxe, called by Wilde ' ' The Author's 
 Edition." No. 16 of 98 copies, signed by the author. Fine 
 clean copy. See below, No. 166. 
 
 165. WILDE (OSCAR). The Ballad of Reading Gaol. 
 Drawings by Latimer J. Wilson. 8vo, pictorial cloth, gilt 
 top, unopened. New York, 1907 
 
 *The first illustrated edition, containing the bookplate of 
 R. B. Glaenzer. 
 
 166. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 4 pp. 4to, signed with initials, on " Currente Calamo " 
 paper, with postmarked envelope. 
 
 Hotel de Nice, Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris [Feb. 28, 1898) 
 
 * " We have waited for you for hours. Surely you have not 
 left Paris? It seems impossible, as the city wears its wonted 
 air of joy. Please see about the .... Author's Edition with a 
 cover by Ricketts — a new color and a ' remarque ' in gold. 
 [See above, No. 164.] The D.T. by the influence of Reggie 
 Turner has been forced to notice the book, but grudgingly and 
 badly. Do send me all the papers that have notices to-morrow 
 . . . I must thank you for all your kindness to me . . . ." 
 
 Very pine and interesting letter. 
 
 167. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 4 pp. 4to, signed with initials, with postmarked envelope. 
 [Paris], Friday [May 20, 1898]. 
 
 * " As regards the French translation, with the English 
 original of the Ballad — there will be no sale for it in London 
 except a few copies for Bibliophiles— no one wants a poem with 
 
 a French translation except French people The book will 
 
 be brought out here at 2 francs. It will be . . . unattractive 
 in form except its ordinary Jonquil paper cover— so useless is 
 English air ... . Send me, if you can, four pounds, or even 
 three, I am now trying to leave my Hotel and get rooms 
 where I can get breakfast, and so stay in during the morning. 
 Going out for breakfast is fatal to work . . . ." 
 
 Interesting letter, giving further details as regards the 
 French translation. Alludes to "The Importance of Being 
 Earnest." 
 
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IMPORTANT LETTER ON 
 "THE IMPORTANCE OP BEING EARNEST." 
 
 168. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 8 pp. 4to, signed with initials, with postmarked envelope. 
 [Paris], Wednesday, May 24 [1898]. 
 
 * " I understood that my letter to you was to be Alexander's 
 warrant for sending you the MS. I am very sorry for the mis- 
 take and have written this morning to Alexander to send it to 
 you at onoe .... Maurice arrived this morning [from London]. 
 Robert Ross especially seems to have taken an interest in him. 
 He is so fond of children, and of people, like myself who have 
 child-like simple natures. 
 
 I wonder you don't ever publish a series .... of translations 
 from the French .... Every week in the Paris papers there 
 appear at least two or three capital short stories — full of wit 
 .... and invariably clever in idea .... The French can treat 
 any subject with wit — and where one laughs, there is no im- 
 morality — immorality and seriousness begin together .... 
 
 Of course you understand that Alexander's MS. is to be type- 
 written at once .... on thick good paper — not tissue, as I can- 
 not correct tissue — and one should not waste tissue. So, at 
 least, the doctors say . . . Write to me that you have given 
 up your idea of coming to Paris — then your arrival will be a 
 surprise . . . ." 
 
 Long and interesting letter of more than 400 words, 
 which should have been dated May 25th. Sir George Alexander 
 owned the play. "Maurice" is Maurice Gilbert, one of the 
 few to follow Wilde to the grave. Rowland Jerrold is sug- 
 gested as translator of the French stories. Mention of the 
 Ballad. An extremely facetious postscript giving the title of 
 a proposed (!) novel, the title of which is referred to " Robbie 
 Ross," because, writes Wilde, "He knows the pulse of the 
 public." 
 
 BRILLIANT LETTER ON WILLIAM E. HENLEY. 
 
 169. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 4 pp. 4to, on "Currente Calamo " paper signed "Oscar," 
 with postmarked envelope. 
 
 Hotel de Nice, Rue des Beaux Arts,Paris. [March 15, 1898.] 
 
 *" A 1000 thanks for the £4 — it was most kind of you to 
 think of it. I have been rather unhappy and troubled, so have 
 
 not written — but I hope to get all right this week I was 
 
 greatly pleased with Symons' article — it is admirably written — 
 
 and most . , . , . artistic in its mode of approval I don't 
 
 think I should answer Henley. I think it would be quite vul- 
 gar—what does it matter ! He is simply jealous. He made his 
 scrofula into ' vers libres,' and is furious because I have made 
 a sonnet out of 'skilly.' Besides, there are only two forms of 
 writers in England, the unread and the unreadable. Henley 
 belongs to the former class. (You can send this aphorism to 
 the Sunday Special.") 
 
 Fine neat letter. Symons' criticism was in "The Satur- 
 day Review," March 12th. Skilly is the English term for prison 
 grub. Wilde's animosity for the author of "In Hospital" 
 dated back to the appearance in "The Scots Observer" of 
 letters denouncing "Dorian Gray" (1890). 
 
 36 
 
170. WILDE (OSCAR). Children in Prison and Other 
 Cruelties of Prison Life. 16mo, pamphlet, as issued. 
 
 Lond. : Murdoch & Co. [1898] 
 
 *Two letters to the "Daily Chronicle" May 28, 1897, and 
 May 24th, 1898, Clean Copy without the erasure of price on 
 cover. 
 
 A WONDERFUL BIT OF IRONY. 
 
 171. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Mrs. Leonard Smith- 
 ers, the wife of his publisher. 4 pp. 4to, on heavy note- 
 paper, with postmarked envelope. Signed in full. 
 
 Hotel des Bains, Napoule, Alpes-Maritimes, Dec. 28 [1898] 
 
 * "Thank you very much for your charming card: I wish I 
 could come to your party/ but I am a wretched walker and 
 would probably not arrive till mid-summer. 
 
 I wish there was some chance of you coming out here: The 
 weather is lovely — blue and gold weather and the warm sun 
 broods on the sea. Leonard must be quite exhausted neglect- 
 ing his business — and the rest would do him good 
 
 If you will only come to luncheon at Napoule, I promise you 
 acrobats and good cooking. The chef here is a much purer 
 cook than John Davidson is, I see I have made a dreadful 
 blot on this page — it looks like a Conder fan in its early stages, 
 so prey excuse it, and Believe me, with many .thanks, Sin- 
 cerely yours." 
 
 Very charming letter, written with great care. The blot 
 at the end does indeed suggest the art of Conder. Napoule is 
 near Cannes, while Mrs. Smithers was in London. The two- 
 fold irony of the situation was not lost on the writer. He met 
 it with his usual skill, turning the rebuff into a poetic epigram. 
 Letters dated and signed in full are very rare at this period. 
 
 EXTRAORDINARY PRESENTATION COPY. 
 
 172. WILDE (OSCAR). The Importance of Being Earn- 
 est. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People. By the Author 
 of Lady Windermere's Fan. 8vo, original cloth (somewhat 
 soiled), uncut. Lond. : Leonard Smithers, 1899 
 
 * First Edition. No. 306 of 1000 copies. 
 Autograph inscription to the author of "Twelfth 
 Hour." 
 
 "To the Wonderful 
 Sphinx : 
 
 To whose presence 
 On the first night # the 
 success of this comedy 
 was entirely due : 
 from her friend, 
 her admirer, who 
 wrote it. 
 
 Oscar Wilde." 
 
 The recipient of this book was Mrs. Ada Leverson. Her 
 address is embossed on the fly-leaf, 126 Elgin Avenue, Maida 
 Vale W., but her name has been erased. He refers to her as 
 " The gilded Sphinx," in a letter from Reading Gaol. 
 
 37 
 
"L'HOMME DE PAILLE." 
 
 173. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers, 
 2 pp. Commercial, signed with initials on the stationery 
 of the Grand Cafe, with post-marked envelope, Hotel 
 Marsollier, Rue Marsollier. [Paris, May 30, 1899] 
 
 * You will I trust be here to-morrow night. I know all 
 about your arrangement with Roberts — done to make me 
 accept a small sum instead of proper terms . . . ' You become 
 more interesting hourly,' to quote from the Importance of 
 Being Earnest. Of course a new agreement will have to be 
 made ... as you concealed from me the real circumstance's. 
 You were merely ' l'homme de paille ' — a new role, I hope. It 
 is not a nice one ..." 
 
 Interesting legible letter. 
 
 A BURLESQUE OF THE DREYFUS CASE. 
 
 174. WILDE (OSCAR). A. L. S. to Leonard Smithers. 
 2 pp. Commercial, signed with initials, with postmarked 
 envelope. Hotel Marsollier, Rue Marsollier, Paris, Tues- 
 day, June 6, 1899. 
 
 *".... I hope to receive the title-page, dedication and 
 play -bill of the Ideal Husband. In Act II the word decollete 
 occurs. Please see that the accents are put on all right. As 
 regartis that annoying absurdity Roberts — the statements .... 
 were made quite seriously .... He said for instance to B . . . . 
 ' I suppose that Wilde has no idea at all that I have got his play?' 
 What am I to think ? I naturally thought that you had writ- 
 ten the ' Bordereau ' and sold it to Schwartzkoppen-S . 
 
 Hence ' l'affaire Smithers.' Now, of course, you are acquitted 
 
 and so it is proved that the real traitor is W Esterhazy, ■ 
 
 assisted by Du Paty-Roberts .... I await the check for £12. I 
 do not propose to stay at Havre, but somewhere near. Blank- 
 enberg is ... . fashionable .... I saw Ernest Dowson the other 
 night. He forced me to go to the Pantheon at midnight. It 
 was dreadful — a Cafe-Pandemonium. The drawing on the 
 
 cover of H is like a horrible caricature of Ernest. This 
 
 was, I suppose, intended ... " 
 
 Fine and interesting letter. 
 
 MANUSCRIPT OF ACT IV OF "AN IDEAL HUSBAND." 
 
 175. WILDE (OSCAR). An Ideal Husband. Act IV, 
 with some of the pages typewritten with autograph correc- 
 tions; others, entirely in autograph, and many of the first 
 inscribed on the reverse with full-pages of new dialogue 
 (See oeloiv). 30 sheets in 3 sizes. Folio and 4to, in port- 
 folio (First page and margins of overlapping sheets dust- 
 soiled). • [circ. 1884] 
 
 * Mostly unpublished. Revised draft of an early typed 
 copy : both rejected, for both differ materially from Library 
 version in scene-order, dialogue, etc. Pp, 1-2%, typed with 
 cor., etc., (Unpub.), pp. 2%-3, typed; all crossed (Unpub.)— 
 Backs of pp. 2-4, autograph, to replace the foregoing (part Un- 
 pub.) p. 4, typed ; crossed (mostly unpub.), pp. 5-7, typed with 
 cor., etc. (Publ. vers, extended) — Back of p. 6, autograph for 
 insertion p. 7 (part unpub.)— pp. 8-11, autograph (part unpub.) 
 — p. 12, typed with cor., etc., bottom crossed (pt. unpub.) — pp. 
 
 38 
 
13-15, autograph with cor, (many pts. unpub.)— P. 16, typed 
 with cor. ; top crossed (with p. 12 forms unpub. scene)— P. 17 
 typed (pt. unpub.)— Pp. 18-20, autograph (many pts. unpub.)— 
 Pp. 21-3, typed, with cor. (mostly unpubl.)— Pp. 24-5, auto- 
 graph (pt. unpub.)— P. 26, typed; top crossed (unpub. scene)— 
 Pp. 27-8, MS. wanting (dialogue, by elim. and inference, in- 
 serted to form by R. B. Glaenzer)— Pp. 29-30, to ' Curtain,' 
 typed with cor. (Slight var.). Act ends with unpub. words of 
 Lady Chiltern : "Ah! there is love, and that is everything." 
 
 Pp. 1-7, 12, 16-7, 21-3, 26, 29, 30 (Typed on face) are heavy 
 com. paper, 8x10 in.; pp. 8-11, 24-5 (Autograph) ruled fcp., 
 8xl2}£ m. ; pp, 13-5, 18-20 (Autograph) heavy plain fcp., 9x14 
 in. Fascinating Manuscript. 
 
 LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY. 
 
 176. WILDE (OSCAR). An Ideal Husband. By the 
 Author of Lady Windermere's Fan. 8vo, original cloth, 
 decorated by George Shannon. 
 
 Lond. : Leonard Smithers, 1899 
 
 *.First Edition. Large Paper, No. 97 of 100 copies. Signed 
 by the Author. 
 Presentation copy to his illustrator. 
 "To 
 Charles Shannon 
 in sincere 
 
 admiration : 
 in affection; 
 
 from the author 
 Oscar Wilde." 
 This inscription is spaced to cover the whole of page opposite 
 the title. It was Shannon who made the full-page illusts. 
 for "A House of Pomegranates," and designed the cover for 
 the present book, as .well as the rest of Wilde's comedies. This 
 copy is like new. 
 
 177. WILDE (OSCAR). In Memoriam. By Franz Blei. 
 Being his own article on Wilde and translations into Ger- 
 man of the Impressions of Andre Gide and Ernest La Jeu- 
 nesse. (Also Phrases and Philosophies and Poems in 
 Prose.) Allegorical title-page by Walter Tiemann. 12mo, 
 cloth, gilt top, uncut. Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1904 
 
 * First Edition. No. 540 of 800 copies. 
 
 178. WILDE (OSCAR). The Booklover's Magazine. 
 Vol. V, Part III. 4to, wrappers. Edinburgh, 1905 
 
 * Contains " Notes for a Bibliography of Oscar Wilde " by 
 W. R. (pp. 170-83). The first attempt of the kind. Scarce. 
 
 179. WILDE (OSCAR). The Rise of Historical Criti- 
 cism. 8vo, cloth and boards, unopened. 
 
 N. Y. : Privately Printed, 1905 
 
 * No. 16 of 225 copies. Laid in loose are (1) The catalogue of 
 S. B. Luyster, Jr., of New York, July, 1905, containing a de- 
 scription of the original MS., No. 103. (2) A L. S. of Stuart 
 Mason (editor of the Methuen edition) to R. B. Glaenzer, ac- 
 counting for the balance of the essay, written in 1879 in com- 
 petition for the Chancellor's English Essay Prize at Oxford, 
 the subject being " Historical Criticism Among the Ancients." 
 
 39 
 
• ' DE PROFUNDIS " IN FIVE LANGUAGES. 
 
 180. WILDE (OSCAR). Aufzeichnungen und Brief e 
 aus dem Zuchthause in Reading. Von Oscar Wilde. 
 Translated into German by Dr. Max Meyerfeld. Die Neue 
 Rundschau, Jan. and Feb., 1905. Ornamental initials, 
 etc., by E. R. Weiss. 2 vols. 4to, German characters, 
 original wrappers, unopened. Berlin, 1905 
 
 * Earliest issue of " De Profundis" in any language, or 
 form containing more complete text than tbe first English 
 version, including the "Four Letters From Reading Gaol." 
 Very scarce. Like new. 
 
 181. WILDE (OSCAR). Aufzeichnungen und Briefe. 
 Foreword and Translation by Dr. Max Meyerfeld. Title- 
 page and initials by Walter Tiemann. 12mo, Roman 
 characters, antique wrappers, unopened. Berlin, 1905 
 
 * First Edition of "De Profundis" in book form, following 
 the complete text of "Die Neue Rundschau." Laid in loose 
 is Mr. Ross's statement, regarding the date of publication and 
 nature of text. Rare. Fine copy. 
 
 182. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. With Preface 
 by Robert Ross. 8vo, cream buckram with gold orna- 
 ments, gilt top, unopened. Lond. [1905] 
 
 * First Edition on Large Paper. One of 200 copies, Laid 
 in loose is the publisher's A. L. S. stating that this edition was 
 entirely sold before publication. Perfect copy. Rare. 
 
 183. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. Translated into 
 French, with a Biographical Sketch by Henry-D. Davray. 
 12mo, original wrappers, uncut. Paris, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in French, including "The Ballad of Read- 
 iug Gaol " and the ' ' Four Letters " therefrom, but with dis- 
 crepancies in the dates of two. Rare. 
 
 *Mr. Robert Ross writes in his Prefatory Dedication to 
 Dr. Meyerfeld in the recent Enlarged Edition of " De Pro- 
 fundis ": " Owing to a foolish error in transcription, I sent 
 these letters with wrong dates — dates of other unpublished 
 letters. The error is here rectified." His dates for two of 
 the letters differ again from any of the preceding. 
 
 184. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. Translated into 
 Italian. With a Preface by Olga Bicchierai. 12mo, orig- 
 inal wrappers, unopened. Venice, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in Italian, containing the " Four Letters," 
 for the first time printed in English ; also their Italian transla- 
 tion, coinciding with German version except for the suppres- 
 sion of the date of one and several of the personal allusions, 
 e. g. , the name of Mr. Leverson. 
 
 Scarce. 
 
 185. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. Translated into 
 Swedish " from the original " by Anna Lamberg. 12mo, 
 original wrappers, unopened. Stockholm, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in Swedish, containing a translation of the 
 " Four Letters," coinciding with German version except in the 
 suppression of the same date as the Italian. Has notes. One 
 on p. 160 identifies " the gilded Sphinx" with Mrs. Ada Lever- 
 son. (See Nos. 172 and 300 ) 
 
 • 40 
 
186. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. With a Preface 
 by Robert Ross. With Wilde's Portrait after J. E. Kelly's 
 Etching {1882). 12mo, original boards, gilt top, outside 
 wrappers. New York, 1905 
 
 * First Edition in America, the first also to have portrait. 
 Preface differs from English ed in last par. Present copy has 
 been collated with the German ed. and contains page refer- 
 ences to suppressed passages and corrections of errata, etc. 
 Bookplate of the collator, R. B. Glaezner. Wrappers for first 
 issue have adv. of " Belchamber " on back. 
 
 Out of print. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF *'DE PROFUNDIS." 
 
 187. WILDE (OSCAR). De Profundis. Uncorrected 
 Page Proofs of the English First Edition. Loose signatures 
 A to K (pp. X + 151). unbound. [London, 1905] 
 
 * Half title and title-page bear the word " Uncorrected." 
 Back of latter has no reference to American copyright. Ross's 
 Preface is one page longer than in published version and signed 
 as ' ' The Author's Literary Executor." Refers to wrong and 
 exaggerated reports in regard to 'De Profundis,' etc., after- 
 wards deleted. Contains such a curious error as " social debut" 
 in place of " social debacle " in the last par. Many other errors 
 in body of text. 
 
 188. WILDE (OSCAR). Four Letters. Which Were 
 Not Included in the English Edition of " De Profundis. " 
 16mo, Pamphlet. Lond. : Privately Printed, 1906 
 
 * First Edition. Dates of versions in foreign languages and 
 many other interesting facts neatly inserted in ink by R. B. 
 Glaenzer, with his bookplate. 
 
 INTERESTING ASSOCIATION LETTER. 
 
 189. [WILDE (OSCAR). J Typewritten Letter from 
 Robert Ross to Richard B. Glaenzer, with numerous cor- 
 rections in autograph. Through inadvertence the letter 
 was unsigned. 3 pp., commercial size, with stamped envel- 
 ope, addressed in longhand. 
 
 London, 10 Sheffield Gardens, W., July 15, 1905 
 * (1) " ' De Profundis' was published in its German form . . . 
 before the English version. It has already come out ... in 
 ' Neue Rundschau. ' There are . . . passages in . . . German 
 which were omitted in English by the request of the publish- 
 ers and . . . there are four letters written by Oscar Wilde in 
 prison to myself .... I have only been able to publish about 
 one-third of ' De Profundis'- (2) . . . . [re ' Duchess of Padua']. 
 The only copy known to exist .... is now in my possession. 
 .... The MS. . . . disappeared in 1895 .... (3; [re ' Soul of Man 
 Under Socialism ',] (4) .... ' The Priest and the Acolyte ' was 
 
 written by a Mr. B [See Letter] who is now a 
 
 clergyman in the established church of England .... (5) ... . 
 It is quite untrue that Smithers withheld the royalties due to 
 him ; he was .... the only publisher I could find who had the 
 courage to issue his works when he came out of prison . ..." 
 
 Very long authoritative letter from Wilde's Literary 
 Executor. 
 
 41 
 
190. [WILDE (OSCAR). J "Sebastian Melmoth," a 
 critique by Hugo von Hoffmannsthal. Der Tag, Berlin, 
 March 9 ■ — " De Profundis," a review by Alfred Kerr. Der 
 Tag, Berlin, March 12. — "Oscar Wilde Posthume," by 
 Henry-D. Davray. Mercure de France, Paris, June 15. — 
 " De Profundis," a review by Andre Gide. L'Ermitage 
 (margins waterstained). Paris, Aug. 15. 4 vols. Various 
 formats, as issued. v. p. 1905 
 
 *Rare. The first article is by the author of "Elektra," 
 used by Strauss as libretto. Davray translated ' ' De Pro- 
 fundis " into French and Gide published his impressions of 
 Wilde in " Pretextes." See No. 193. 
 
 191. [WILDE (OSCAR). J " Oscar Wilde's Atonement " 
 by Michael Monahan; Extracts from the " Ballad of Read- 
 ing Gaol," Extracts from "De Profundis," The Papyrus, 
 May, 1905— "Helas" by Oscar Wilde, "Oscar Wilde, The 
 Rehabilitation," by Percival Pollard; Recollections of 
 Oscar Wilde, by Andre Gide and Ernest La Jeunesse, 
 idem, May, 1908 — " Oscar Wilde's Repentance " by Michael 
 Monahan; " Genius and Dandy " by Franz Blei ; "Wilde's 
 European Fame," by Harry Thurston Peck, idem, June, 
 1908. 3 vols. 12mo, wrappers. v. p., v. d. 
 
 * Rare. Interesting collection of essays on Wilde. Mr. 
 Pollard's article contains a translation of extracts from Car- 
 rillo's " Origin of Salome." 
 
 192. [WILDE (OSCAR). J "Is Oscar Wilde Living or 
 Dead " ? by George Sylvester Viereck. The Critic, July, 
 1905.— "In Memoriam: O. W." by "The Ringmaster." 
 Town Topics, June 15, 1905. — " Oscar Wilde," A Sketch. 
 By Willi? Vickery. (One of 200 copies) 16mo. boards, un- 
 cut. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1906. 3 vols. Various formats, 
 as issued. v. p., v. d. 
 
 * The first article is most ingenious ; the second forms Mr. 
 Pollard's earliest reference to "In Memoriam " with quotations 
 from same. 
 
 193. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Oscar Wilde. A Study. 
 Translated from the French of Andre Gide, with an Intro- 
 duction and notes (personal and bibliographical) by Stuart 
 Mason. . . . Portraits, caricatures, etc. 8vo, boards, uncut. 
 
 Oxford, 1905 
 
 * Limited Edition of 500 copies. With bookplate of R. B. 
 Glaenzer, and many notes by him on the margins. Laid loose 
 in (1) A. L. S. Andre Gide to C. S. Millard (Stuart Mason), 1 p. 
 8vo, with envelope. Aug. 25, '05, relating to the translation. 
 (2) Typewritten letter, signed Stuart Mason to R. B. Glaenzer 
 1 p. 8vo, with envelope. 
 
 194. [WILDE (OSCAR).] Wilde V. Whistler. An 
 Acrimonious Correspondence On Art. Small 4to, wrappers, 
 uncut. Lond. : Privately Printed, 1906 
 
 * Brochure of 400 copies, containing the correspondence 
 from "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies." 
 
 42 
 
195. [WILDE (OSCAR).] The Trial of Oscar Wilde 
 From Shorthand Reports. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. 
 
 Paris : Privately Printed, 1906 
 * No. 342 of 500 copies on handmade paper. Containing in 
 addition to the trial, a brilliant preface by C. G., and three 
 articles on De Profundis and Wilde's last years in Paris, attrib- 
 uted to Lord Alfred Douglas. 
 
 196. [WILDE (OSCAR). "To Oscar Wilde," by R. B. 
 Glaenzer, (Poem corrected and autographed by the author), 
 The Papyrus, March, 1906.—" In a copy of ' The Ballad of 
 Reading Goal,' (Poem) by Charles Hanson Towne, "Two 
 Rare Poems by Oscar Wilde, (Le Jardin, La Mer,") idem, 
 August, 1908.— "The Dead Poet," (Poem) by Lord Alfred 
 Douglas, idem, March, 1908. — " Rabboni," (Poem), by 
 Oscar Wilde, idem, December, 1909. 4 vols. 12mo, 
 wrappers. v. p., v. d. 
 
 * Rare. 
 
 UNIQUE COPY OF "DECORATIVE ART IN AMERICA." 
 
 197. WILDE (OSCAR). Decorative Art in America. 
 A Lecture. Together with Letters, Reviews, etc. . . . 
 Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Richard Butler 
 Glaenzer. Page proofs, unbound, in envelope. N. Y. 1906 
 
 * Containing proof corrections, elision of some old and in- 
 sertion of much new matter by the editor. 
 
 WILDE (OSCAR). See also Beardsley, Nos. 21-3; 
 Caine, No. 26; Dowson, A. L. S. , No. 54; Le Gallienne, 
 A. L. S., Nos. 75 and 78; Schwob, No. 92; Whistler, No. 
 104; and Yellow Book, No. 200. 
 
 198. YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER). A. L. S., 2 pp., 
 8vo. [1897] 
 
 * . . . "The Wind Among the Reeds," a book of lyrics partly 
 on Irish legendary subjects, is the only book I shall publish, so 
 far as I can see, during 1898. I shall be busy completing a 
 series of essays on Irish fairy belief and a novel of spiritual 
 life." .... 
 
 Interesting letter. 
 
 199. YEATS (WILLIAM BUTLER). The Wind Among 
 the Reeds. 8vo, ornamental gilt cloth, uncut. 
 
 Lond. : Elkin Mathews, 1899 
 
 * Rare First Edition. This book of poems was crowned by 
 the " London Academy." 
 
 200. YELLOW BOOK (The). An Illustrated Quarterly. 
 WithU Musts. Vol. V. 8vo, pictorial cloth, uncut. 
 
 Lond. : April, 1895 
 
 * Contains poems by John Davidson, Le Gallienne, etc. ; also 
 a curiously Wildean Story, "Suggestions," by Mrs. Leverson. 
 
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