"The Love that dare not speak its name". One of only 20 copies on Holland paper. Annotated by the author
With the frontispiece portrait by Walter Spindler. One of only 20 copies on Holland paper. 8vo., parallel English and French text, entirely untrimmed in the original light brown wrappers, lettered in black, all over slightly soiled and a tear at the foot of the spine, preserved in a quarter brown morocco fold-over box, the joints a little scraped. Paris, Published by the Mercure de France. 1896
A defaced presentation copy, with the recipient's name and inscription cut from the top of a preliminary blank leaf, leaving Douglas's note "Naples, November 1896". Douglas has additionally annotated this copy in ink in six places: page 36: "Altered in later versions. The line as it stands does not scan. A.D."; page 54 where the printed dedication is poorly inked: "To Lucas D'Oyly Carte"; page 104: "The dedication is to Ada Leverson called by her friends 'The Sphinx'"; page 120 beneath the poem "Sicilian Love-Song" - "This was in 'The Spirit Lamp' my Oxford paper"; page 128: beneath the poem "A Ballad of Hate" - "This was printed by Harry Cust in the 'Pall Mall Gazette' about 1893" and on page 188: "This is very childish, but it contains some good blank verse lines. It is to be noticed that it emphasises the purity & chastity of the sentiments expressed". The Bradley Martin copy, with his bookplate on the box.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Alfred Douglas") to "Dear Stewart", discussing a meeting with Frank Harris.
