A second preface to "The life and confessions of Oscar Wilde" / by Frank Harris. [1925]

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A second preface to "The life and confessions of Oscar Wilde" / by Frank Harris. [1925]

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Author's typescript of the book printed in 1925. About half of the work is a lengthy letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Frank Harris, dated 30 Apr. 1925, giving in detail the latter's financial and personal relations with Oscar Wilde. With a copy of the first edition (an inscribed presentation copy from Lord Alfred Douglas to George Sylvester Viereck), an A.L.S. from Douglas to Viereck (dated 31 March 1926), and a T.L.S. from Harris to Viereck (dated 1 Dec. 1925). The typescript has the notation "Sent to me by Frank Harris. George Sylvester Viereck," but this is in error, as an extant letter from Douglas to Viereck (23 Sept. 1925) informs the latter that a typescript was being sent to him by one Alfred Rose, from London, and this is confirmed by the enclosed letter of Harris. The copy of the first edition is inscribed "George Sylvester Viereck from Alfred Douglas. London. May, 1926." Both letters are apparently unpublished. Letters cataloged separately.

39 leaves ; 27 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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