Life and death of Leonard Smithers told by his son, Jack Smithers / edited by Martin Secker 1971.

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Life and death of Leonard Smithers told by his son, Jack Smithers / edited by Martin Secker 1971.

Three typescript versions of an article (original 20 leaves, two copies 12 leaves ea.) extracted from The Early Life & Vicissitudes of Jack Smithers, an Autobiography. Martin Secker, the London publisher who was the publisher of the above mentioned title edited the first chapter which deals with the Leonard Smithers and published it as a separate piece in The Bookseller, May 29, 1971, a copy of which is included here. Also included is a reprint from the London Magazine, Sept. 1956, entitled: Leonard Smithers, A Publisher of the Nineties by George Sims; an excised portrait of Leonard Smithers; and an autograph letter from M.S. Lawrence to Martin Secker dated June 3, 1971 requesting information about Leonard Smithers.

20 l. 25.3 cm.

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Smithers, Jack, 1891-

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Smithers, Leonard C. (Leonard Charles), 1861-1907

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Sims, George

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Secker, Martin, 1882-1978

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Martin Secker was a London publisher for much of the twentieth century. From the description of Martin Secker collection, 1908-1977. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226988620 ...