Very Rare 1918 First Edition Richard Le Gallienne Treasure Hunt In Bahamas 1903
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VERY RARE 1918 FIRST EDITION RICHARD LE GALLIENNE TREASURE HUNT IN BAHAMAS 1903. Many of Le Gallienne’s work focused on the perspective of beauty such as with early works such as English Poems and continued through his career such as in The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems. From 1918, an ultra rare first edition, Pieces of Eight, Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure discovered in the Bahamas, in the year 1903--now first given to the public. By Richard Le Gallienne, published in London by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. Sized 8x5 inches, bound in orange-red cloth, titles in black. With a neat little British bookstore label. NO COPIES OF THIS BRITISH FIRST EDITION ONLINE. ULTRA RARE. As far as we can tell, this is a true narrative about finding sunken treasure in the Bahamas. Richard Le Gallienne’s work focused on themes of beauty and indulgence, highly inspired and connected to the Decadent movement. To Le Gallienne, Decadence was a powerful literary movement having said that “what one calls decadence another would call renaissance”. Many of Le Gallienne’s work focused on the perspective of beauty such as with early works such as English Poems and continued through his career such as in The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems. Le Gallienne's literary work also exemplifies the Decadent movement through its exploration of themes such as spiritual disillusionment and aestheticism. As a late-Victorian poet, his writings are evocative of innovative ideas such as nature and strange beauty, comparable to the works of William Butler Yeats. Despite his connections to the movement, Le Gallienne's work often exhibits a Romantic sensibility, often using similes to emphasize individual emotion and spiritual yearning over the stylized aesthetics characteristic of Decadence. This blend of Decadent themes with Romantic ideals underscores the complexity of his literary identity and his nuanced engagement with the cultural currents of his time.
