Gray (John) Silverpoints, one of 250 copies on Van Gelder paper, Autograph Note signed from the author to Elkin Mathews on a proof title page tipped in following title, browning to endpapers, book labels of Thomas Hutchinson and William E. Fredeman to endpapers, original green cloth, gilt, designed by Ricketts, spine darkened, cloth a little dulled, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893.

⁂ A remarkable copy of this key work of decadent literature. The note, addressed from Gray to his publisher concerns the layout of the work "This is the way these pages should be arranged - as I have numbered them - according to Mr. Ricketts. So now Mr. Leighton can proceed with the binding". The note includes a ticket at the foot which was not used in the final production stating "The binding design of water and willow leaves is by C.S. Ricketts. The build of the book has throughout been founded on the Aldine Italic books." With the book label of noted pre-Raphaelite collector and authority William E. Fredeman.