James G. Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson, Rivendale Press/Penn State Press, 2000, First Edition. Michael McDowell sold15 8 2020 addressed to Blackwood's Grandmother and

addressed to Blackwood's Grandmother and "Syd

Front endpaper overleaf (signed by unknown)

some staining to blue cloth top right front corner bruised

'The Black Cat'

'Some books become talismans

James G. Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson, Rivendale Press/Penn State Press, 2000, First Edition. Michael McDowell sold15 8 2020 addressed to Blackwood's Grandmother andJames G. Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson, Rivendale Press Penn State Press, 2000, First Edition. First Published by Penn State Press. First Published in the UK by Rivendale Press. Appendix (on Smithers and the Erotic Book Trade) by Peter Mendes. Checklist of Smithers's Publications by James G. Nelson and Peter Mendes. Hardback. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Illustrated dust