[Custance (Olive)], "Lady Alfred Douglas". The Blue Bird, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Opal... with love... May 1907...", possibly the dedication copy with printed dedication "To my husband" crossed through and "To my Poet..." substituted in the author's hand, original blue roan, loss to head of spine, extremities rubbed and scuffed, t.e.g., others uncut, small 4to, Marlborough Press, 1905.

⁂ The author's scarce third collection and the first published under her married name, this possibly the dedication copy, intended for Lord Alfred Douglas. The only other inscribed example of this collection we have traced is also dated "May 1907" so there may have been a significant delay in Custance obtaining copies for presentation. 1907 was the year that Douglas wrote his "To Olive" sonnet sequence which may explain the author's decision to alter the dedication in this copy.