and I read Alfred Douglas’s book so many times in my teens and since that I can quote parts verbatim.
You and me both!
It was a great book at a time when Tarot-books were very thin on the ground indeed, and as such a sentimental favourite of mine. Sadly, at the time I didn't have the deck that matched the illustrations: I had the RW deck only, and had to wait thirty years or so to get the reprint as my first Sh/D. I remember that when he talked about the symbolism of the High Priestess, it matched the illustration on my RW card, but most of it just wasn't present in his book-illustration.