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High Wycombe: Rivendale Press, 2000. First UK edition, 2000. (First published by Penn State Press, 2000). Hardback. [i - vii], viii - ix, [x - xi], xii - xiv, [xv], xvi, 1 - 430 plus one page of publisher's ads at end. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This book chronicles the experiences of Leonard Smithers (1861 - 1907), a key figure in the literary culture of late Victorian England. In his day he was known primarily for publishing books of upscale erotica. He became the publisher of choice for the Decadents, including most notably Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley. While a young solicitor in his native Sheffield, Smithers established a correspondence with the famed explorer and translator of exotic texts Captain Sir Richard Burton. Smithers collaborated with Burton in the publication of two Latin texts, the "Priapeia" and the "Carmina of Catullus", both of an erotic cast. After Burton's death in 1890, Smithers continued a significant involvement with his work, serving…
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Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson Hardcover - 2000
by James G. Nelson
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- Title Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson
- Author James G. Nelson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages xvi, 430 pp, ills
- Publisher Rivendale Press, High Wycombe,
- Date 2000
- ISBN 9780953503384
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Publisher to the Decadents Leonard Smithers in the careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson.<br />With an Appendix on Smithers and the Erotic Book Trade by Peter Mendes and a Checklist of Smithers's Publications by James G. Nelson and Peter Mendes.<br />First UK edition.
by Nelson, James G.
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