Leonard Smithers
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Among the publications by Smithers were rare erotic works and unique items such as books bound in human skin. He was also involved in the Savoy magazine.
In 1897 Bernard Quaritch called him the cleverest publisher in London. He was known for his taste in design and typography.
He was also considered to be quite reckless, publishing works that no one else would touch, such as Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol. The Concise Dictionary of National Biography notes that "There is little doubt that without Smithers the avant-garde movement of the 1890s might have been snuffed out".
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Leonard Smithers by the Norman Colback Collection
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