From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
Typed Manuscript Poem. Five quarto sheets containing 106 lines with numerous hand corrections by Douglas. Very good with old folds from mailing and two small holes and accompanying rust marks at the top left corner of each sheet from an old pin (no longer present) used to secure them. Cryptically Inscribed on the first sheet: "For Cugino [male cousin] from Cugino. An ode to your new-birth into the family. D." The amusing poem, written in the style of the licentious doggerel so loved by Douglas, was undoubtedly written in his later years in Capri. In part: "The spittled Schack Limping evil days Upon his thighs And lies Sweating at the lips Where tips Of Capri foreskins frolic With the juice of Pine and Holly." "Schack" (which has been hand-corrected by Douglas from "Shack") apparently refers to Baron Ekkehard Von Schack. Seller Inventory # 539989
Bibliographic Details
Title: [Manuscript Poem]: Hellas so Greek (So Greek...
Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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