FIRST EDITION. Half title, portrait front., 2pp ads. Partially uncut in orig. green buckram, paper label; spine darkened, label sl. chipped not affecting text, lower inner margins sl. marked. Ink inscription on leading pastedown: 'C.W. from F.S.R. D.N. 1924'. Lord Alfred Douglas, 1870-1945, nicknamed Bosie, poet, translator and author, best remembered now for his high-profile relationship with Oscar Wilde. Douglas includes a short prefatory note stating that 'the poems in this collection, dating from about 1890 to the present year 1919, are printed in something approximating to chronological order. Consequently readers are invited to note that the best poems are not, generally speaking, to be found in the beginning of the volume.' By 1919, Douglas had converted to Catholicism and publicly condemned Wilde and homosexuality; his homoerotic early poems including Two Loves is conspicuously absent from this volume. A. Gladys Kernot is presumably the New Zealand poet of Chrysanthemums. Seller Inventory # 88202

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Title: The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas.

Publisher: Martin Secker. 1919

Publication Date: 1919

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.

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