ME MY HEAVEN! (Water-Cherubs) Failing in health and facing continuing legal and financial difficulties, Chubb abandoned his controversial works in the mid-fifties, and began to collect and reprint his early poems and childhood memories. Treasure Trove and The Golden City (published posthumously) are devoid of the usual profusion of naked, lissome youths, but instead offer a glimpse into his youthful imagination, and some of his most charming poetry. In the final years of his life he donated his remaining volumes to the national libraries of Britain. He died peacefully at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire and was buried next to his parents at the Kingsclere Woodland Cemetery in Hampshire. Chubb's own assessment of his work conforms to the general critical reaction: I do not necessarily claim to be a great artist or writer; but I claim to be a true spirit – this is a subtler test. Seek me out; but you may not find me. (An Appendix) Works None of the editions of Chubb's books exceed more than 200 copies, and some of his lithographed masterworks exist in only 30 or 40 copies, of which a mere six or seven are meticulously hand-coloured by Chubb. The dates and titles of Chubb's printed works are given below. Early typeset works 1924 Manhood 1924 The Sacrifice of Youth 1925 A Fable of Love & War 1927 The Cloud & the Voice 1928 Woodcuts 1928 The Book of God's Madness 1929 An Appendix (duplicated hand-written text) 1930 Songs of Mankind Lithographed texts 1931 The Sun Spirit 1934 The Heavenly Cupid 1935 Songs Pastoral and Paradisal (illustrated by Vincent Stuart; script by Helen Hinkley) 1936 Water Cherubs 1939 The Secret Country Post-war prophetic texts 1948 The Child of Dawn 1953 Flames of Sunrise Juvenilia and early romances 1957 Treasure Trove 1960 The Golden City Posthumous works 1965 The Day of St Alban 1970 Autumn Leaves References and further reading Cave, Roderick (1960), 'In Blake's Tradition: the Press of Ralph Chubb', The American Book Collector, 11 (2), pp. 8–17 Cave, Roderick (1960). 'Blake's Mantle', a Memoir of Ralph Chubb', Book Design and Production. 3 (2), pp. 24–28 D'Arch Smith, Timothy (1970). Love in Earnest. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Rahman, Tariq (1991), 'Ephebophilia and the Creation of a Spiritual Myth in the Works of Ralph Nicholas Chubb', Journal of Homosexuality, 20 (1–2), pp. 103–27 Reid, Anthony (1970). Ralph Chubb: The Unknown. Reprinted from The