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London: Gay & Bird (1893).
Item #8976
The decadent poet's collection of wistfully melancholic poems, many of which bear printed dedications to a variety of notables, including Oscar Wilde, Arthur Symons, Charles Kains Jackson, Lord Alfred Douglas and Gleeson White. The book became notorious when originally issued because of the inclusion of two explcitly homoerotic poems ("To a Sicilian Boy" and "L'éternel féminin") both of which were replaced in all but a handful of copies. The poems remain listed on the table of contents but are replaced with other poems in the text, as in this copy.
One of only 100 copies (#72), in the original biding with cover illustration of yellow tulips by Gleeson White. Very good, covers a bit worn, corners lightly bumped, spine a bit sunned, small crack at head of spine.
Price: $1,500.00