Imprint · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · defunct since 1907
Erotika Biblion Society
Publishing imprint in Victorian London. Founded 1888 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Ceased 1907.
About Erotika Biblion Society
The Erotika Biblion Society was a pornographic publishing imprint in Sheffield formed by Harry Sidney Nichols and Leonard Smithers around 1886, with their first publication appearing in 1888. In 1891 both moved to London. They formed their name from the nonfiction treatise of the same name, Erotika Biblion (1783), published in Paris before the French Revolution, under the penmanship of the Comte de Mirabeau. One of their most notable publications was Teleny, or The Reverse of the Medal, an anonymous product of several authors in which it is speculated that Oscar Wilde collaborated. The venture ended in 1907, after the death of Smithers.
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Approaching Erotika Biblion Society as an author
Erotika Biblion Society is no longer an active publisher (defunct since 1907). Its books may still be in print through successor companies or available second-hand and in libraries.
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- Structured data from Wikidata Q5395433 (CC0).
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