A Second Preface to "The Life and Confessions of Oscar Wilde", 1925

Item — Volume: H314M3 S4455 [1925]a Boxed

Identifier: Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.

Dates

Creation: 1925

Creator

From the Collection: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library (Organization)

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General Physical Description note

Typescript. 39 leaves. 27 cm. Author's typescript of the book printed in 1925. Clark Library copy in blue morocco box. The typescript has the notation, "Sent to me by Frank Harris. George Sylvester Viereck," but this is an error, as an extant letter fromLord Alfred Bruce Douglas, 1870-1945 toGeorge Sylvester Viereck, 1884-1962 (23 Sept. 1925) informs the latter that a typescript was being sent to him by oneAlfred Rose , from London, and this is confirmed by the enclosed letter ofFrank Harris, 1856-1931. About half 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 ALS from Douglas to Viereck (dated 31 march 1926), and a TLS from Harris to Viereck (dated 1 Dec. 1925). The copy of the first edition is inscribed "George Sylvester Viereck from Alfred Douglas. London. May, 1926." Both letters are apparently unpublished. Letters catalogued separately.