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Harris (Frank) Oscar Wilde: His Life and Confessions, 2 vol., signed and inscribed by the author "To Charles Ayres, from his friend, the author, Frank Harris. Aug. 1920 57 Fifth Ave. NY City" on front free endpaper, with T.L.s. from Harris loosely inserted, New York, by the author, 1918; Elder Conklin and other stories, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to Janet W.Byrne "...this is my first book of stories & my worst; but some of them are worth reading, I think..." on front free endpaper, New York, 1894, original cloth, the first slightly rubbed; and 10 others by or concerning Harris, some inscribed by him, including a play (lacking title) inscribed to Max Beerbohm 8vo & 4to (13) ⁂ The letter from Harris is dated December 1st 1927 and relates his reception to lecturing in Berlin "...all the celebrities visited me, including Hauptmann and Einstein, and crowds of professors and pretty women..." and mentions his Wilde book "Lord Alfred Douglas told me I was mistaken in many things, but...I found out he was lying and my book...is correct, except the last scene in which Bobby Ross plays good angel. I found that he left that office to the grave-digger...".