GALLIENNE, R. LE, Pieces of eight. Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure discovered in the Bahama Islands in the year 1903- now first given to the Public.

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London, W. Collins Sons & Co., 1919, 1dst edtion, 315pp. original red publishers tooled cloth binding, minor fading of spine. Richard Le Gallienne (20 January 1866 – 15 September 1947) was an English author and poet. In the summer of 1888 he met Wilde, and the two had a brief affair. Le Gallienne and Wilde continued an intimate correspondence after the end of the affair.The British-American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) was his daughter by his second marriage to Danish journalist Julie Nørregaard (1863-1942).In 2016 an exhibition on the life and works of Richard Le Gallienne was held at the central library in his home city of Liverpool, England. Entitled ‘Richard Le Gallienne: Liverpool's Wild(e) Poet’, it featured his affair with Oscar Wilde, his famous actress daughter Eva Le Gallienne and his personal ties to the city.