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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'The Priest And The Acolyte,' by John Francis Bloxam, offers a glimpse into forbidden desires during the Victorian era. This historical fiction, with an introductory protest by Stuart Mason, delves into the complexities of love and social constraint. Categorized as gay fiction, it serves as a poignant social commentary on societal norms and individual longing. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers to experience a classic exploration of homosexuality in a time when such themes were heavily suppressed. Discover a story that continues to resonate, raising questions about acceptance, identity, and the enduring power of the human heart. A significant work of literary historical fiction, this book provides valuable insight into a marginalized perspective.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First Edition, thus. Tall 12mo (21.5cm). In the grey paper backed boards, with title label to cover and to spine. Ample provenance for this copy: inked previous owner's name of Geoffrey Byrne, dated 1924 to front pastedown; and of Alec L(?) Ellis to flyleaf. To rear pastedown, the well-designed bookplate of Nicholas Wilde, a collector of Uranian materials and illustrator of at least one such work. pp. 71. Rough trimmed page edges. Top corners rounded, somewhat rubbed and worn, a few faint marks to boards, top edges spotted, but still a nice copy, internally clean, binding tight.

First edition thus. Grey paper boards, printed labels to spine and upper board. Barry Humphries' copy, with his bookplate. Repaired thumbnail tear to tail of spine, front hinge cracked, fore-edge spotted, a little foxing, else a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Tall 8vo (8 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches); 72 pages; original gray heavy paper boards, printed paper title label on front cover, and another on the spine (this one a little chipped on one edge); extremities a trifle rubbed; a very nice copy of this rare and fragile volume. Second edition, a reprint of the privately printed edition of 1894, this with the Stuart Mason (Christopher Millard ) preface (termed Protest) making it clear that Oscar Wilde did not write this book. With the theatrical themed bookplate of the silent movie star, stage actor and director Harrison K. Ford (1884-1957). The tale of the tragic love of a young priest and his fourteen year old acolyte ending in their suicides. This work figured strongly and negatively in the Queensberryy/Wilde trial. References: d'Arch Smith's Love in Earnest, pp 56-59; the Dulau 1928 Wilde Catalogue, #246; Mason, Biblio. of Oscar Wilde, page14, and #655. Note: Timothy d'Arch Smith suggests that this book was known to Ronald Firbank and undoubtedly influenced his last novel - Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli.

First edition. Printed wrappers. Edges, title-page and terminal blank slightly foxed, staples slightly rusty, else a very nice copy in handsome tobacco brown morocco-backed solander box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine and morocco label lettered in gilt, and with the bookplate of Barry Humphries. A story about a relationship between a priest and a fourteen year old boy, here first published in book form by Leonard Smithers. It had originally appeared, in 1894, in 'The Chameleon', a single-issue literary magazine edited by Bloxham while still an undergraduate at Oxford. Three years later, he would be ordained as a Church of England priest. In a letter to Ada Leverson, Oscar Wilde described him as 'an undergraduate of strange beauty', and commented that the story was 'to my ears, too direct: there is no nuance: it profanes a little by revelation: God and other artists are always a little obscure. Still, it has interesting qualities, and is at moments poisonous: which is something.' Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas both contributed to the magazine, Wilde with a collection of aphorisms entitled 'Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young', and Lord Alfred Douglas with two poems, 'In Praise of Shame' and 'Two Loves', the latter particularly notable for the line: 'the love that dare not speak its name'. Wilde was cross-questioned at length about the magazine's contents at his trial. Asked by Sir Edward Carson whether he was of the opinion that 'The Priest and the Acolyte' was not immoral, he replied: 'Worse. It was badly written'. The remark drew laughter from the court but Carson would return to the story in his summing-up, suggesting that the expression of its theme was 'exactly the same' as that used by Wilde in two of his letters to Douglas; that 'of a man using towards a man the language which men sometimes use, and perhaps legitimately use, towards women.' More damningly, he implied that the nature of Wilde's relationship with Douglas was little different to that of 'The Priest and the Acolyte'. The spine of the slipcase above records that this copy is accompanied by a letter from an Alfred Quinn, though the pencilled identification of the letter's slightly illegible signature bears a question mark. He appears to have been notable merely as one of those many who assumed the anonymously published story to have been written by Wilde. His letter, with its blind-stamped address of Bank House, Thorner, Nr Leeds, is addressed to a Mr Phillips, and dated 'Friday midnight'. 'I am returning "The Priest and the Acolyte" with a word of explanation', he writes. 'I always thought it was by Wilde. I always thought too, it had, outside the unspeakable horrors with which it deals, something of literary merit. By lending me the volume you have kindly set me right on both fronts. I galloped through it & was glad to lay it on one side & forget. It is some consolation at any rate to know that whatever Wilde may have become in his later days he had no hand in this thing.'.

This notorious story about a priest's infatuation with a young acolyte that ends in mutual suicide was originally published in the short-lived homosexual magazine The Chameleon. The story raised a public furor during Oscar Wilde's trial because of his association with the magazine and the piece was labeled "garbage and offal" by his critics. The prosecutor in the trial referred to it as "in essence, a teaching of sodomitical practices." Although there is no colophon, the edition of the present volume is reputed to be 50 copies only for private circulation. The book was published by Leonard Smithers according to Nelson (Publisher to the Decadents @ 350) wherein he places the actual publication date at 1905. Mendes 170, Ellmann 403-4, Murray's List 171. Very good in original buff wrappers, some cracking and loss to spine, a bit of edge wear, but a nice copy.

First edition. First edition. 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 6-7/8 inches). A classic of homoerotic literature and of the greatest rarity. This tale of the tragic love between a priest and his 14-year-old acolyte is believed by Timothy d'Arch Smith to be the precursor of Ronald Firbank's witty novel, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli. The Priest and the Acolyte and Wilde's Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, first appeared in The Chameleon, 1894, and for a while it was wrongly attributed to Wilde. It was the publication of Wilde's piece in the Chameleon along with the above title that had such a disastrous effect on Wilde's reputation during the Queensbury suit. "It was a tremendous misfortune for Wilde that he allowed himself to be persuaded into contributing to thes rather puerile publicationDespite Wilde's indignant denials, counsel succeeded in planting damaging innuendoes in the minds of the jury by continual reference to this magazine, and especially to the particular story which is still generally, though wrongly, considered to be by Wilde" (Dulau). The book was printed in an edition of 100 copies only, for private distribution. Stuart Mason reprinted the story in 1907 with an introduction denying Wilde's authorship. Mendes 170; Mason, pp. 14-17; Dulau Catalogue, #245; Smith, Love in Earnest, pp. 56-59; Rose 3720 Original printed wrappers. Rusted staple marks showing, else fine 44 pp. 1 vols. 8vo (8-1/2 x 6-7/8 inches).

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The Priest And The Acolyte," by John Francis Bloxam, offers a glimpse into forbidden desires during the Victorian era. This historical fiction, with an introductory protest by Stuart Mason, delves into the complexities of love and social constraint. Categorized as gay fiction, it serves as a poignant social commentary on societal norms and individual longing. This meticulously prepared edition allows readers to experience a classic exploration of homosexuality in a time when such themes were heavily suppressed. Discover a story that continues to resonate, raising questions about acceptance, identity, and the enduring power of the human heart. A significant work of literary historical fiction, this book provides valuable insight into a marginalized perspective.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.