[FIRBANK, Ronald]. The Fairies Wood. [No place: no publisher, c. 1898]. Five rhyming quatrains printed on a card, with printed initials A[rthur, ie. Ronald]. F[irbank]. at the end, 115 x 97mm., tipped onto a later sheet of card and contained in a modern slipcase. THE ONLY KNOWN COPY OF RONALD FIRBANK’S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. Benkovitz p.97: “The number of copies printed is unknown; very likely the card was not offered for sale. The only copy available for inspection was among the Firbank papers. It is presently in the private collection of Anthony d’Offay.” Anthony Hobson, in justifying his attribution, has inscribed the verso of the mount: “Benkovitz, p.95[sic]. The only known copy of Ronald Firbank’s first printed work. From the Firbank papers; bought from Anthony d’Offay …” Loosely-inserted is an exhibition card relating to the piece stating at the end, “Lent by Anthony Hobson”, and a one-page typed letter, dated 2 November 1965, from Miriam J. Benkovitz, Firbank’s bibliographer, to Anthony Hobson, stating: “… In my mind there is no doubt that the poem is by Ronald Firbank …” However, the bibliography lists the work in the Appendix under “Supposititious Works.”