Wilde (Oscar).- Ross (Robert) re Oscar Wilde deceased, printed bifolium, folds with some splitting and tape repairs, some fraying to extremities, light surface soiling, 1908; and 3 others, including a typed letter signed by Ross to John Lane discussing publication of the 1912 Lane edition of Salomé and a typed indenture with calligraphic heading between Ross and Lane regarding further rights for another edition of Salomé based on Richard Strauss' operatic adaptation, v.s. (4)*** Robert Ross fighting against the black market copies of Wilde's works and securing lucrative deals for the estate with the very publishers who dropped the author at the height of his trial. We can trace no other example of the first item at auction and only institutional copies at the British Library and the Bodleian.Robert Ross was among Wilde's longest-standing and most faithful friends, likely also his lover from as early as 1886 and was present at his death in 1900. Wilde appointed Ross his literary executor, a role he took to with remarkable energy and passion, almost single-handedly rehabilitating Wilde's reputation and preserving his literary legacy. The first item comprises a circular sent by Ross to members of the book trade, providing a list of authentic editions of Wilde's works (this based on the work of Stuart Mason) and threatening with legal action any sellers found to be offering pirated works. In the letter Ross discusses royalties for the forthcoming edition as well as the use and original of the Ricketts-designed circular symbol used on numerous posthumous editions of Wilde's works: "I took the idea from the old eighteenth century editions of Swinburne and Tennyson in regard to the colour and size, and got Ricketts to adapt a little designed of Blake's for the medallion".