William Lazenby (died c. 1888) was an

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publisher of

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active in the 1870s and 1880s. He used the aliases Duncan Cameron and Thomas Judd. His notable publications include magazines '' The Pearl'', which published poems thought to have been written by

Algernon Charles Swinburne Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909) was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He wrote several novels and collections of poetry such as ''Poems and Ballads'', and contributed to the famous Eleventh Edition ...

, ''

The Oyster ''The Oyster'' was an erotic magazine published in London in 1883 by William Lazenby William Lazenby (died c. 1888) was an English publisher of pornography active in the 1870s and 1880s. He used the aliases Duncan Cameron and Thomas Judd. His not ...

'',Donald McCormick, Richard Deacon, ''Erotic literature: a connoisseur's guide'' (Continuum, 1992), , 61 ''

The Boudoir ''The Boudoir: A Magazine of Scandal, Facetiae etc.'' was an erotic magazine published in London in the 1880s by William Lazenby William Lazenby (died c. 1888) was an English publisher of pornography active in the 1870s and 1880s. He used the alia ...

'' and '' The Cremorne''Paul Giles, ''Atlantic Republic: The American Tradition in English Literature'' (Oxford University Press, 2006), , 149Michael Matthew Kaylor, "Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde" (Michael Matthew Kaylor, 2006), , 15 He also published such books as ''

The Romance of Lust ''The Romance of Lust, or Early Experiences'' is a Victorian erotic novel written anonymously in four volumes during the years 1873–1876 and published by William Lazenby. Henry Spencer Ashbee discusses this novel in one of his bibliographie ...

'', '' Randiana, or Excitable Tales'', '' The Birchen Bouquet'' (1881),Sigel (2005) pp.73-74 ''

The Romance of Chastisement ''The Romance of Chastisement'' is a Victorian pornographic collection on the theme of flagellation by St George Stock (a probable pseudonym, also credited with '' The Whippingham Papers'') and published by John Camden Hotten in 1866. It was r ...

'' (1883), ''

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'' (1886) and ''

The Sins of the Cities of the Plain ''The Sins of the Cities of the Plain; or, The Recollections of a Mary-Ann, with Short Essays on Sodomy and Tribadism'', by the pseudonymous " Jack Saul", is one of the first exclusively homosexual works of pornographic literature published in E ...

''.Matt Cook, ''London and the Culture of Homosexuality, 1885-1914'' (Cambridge University Press, 2003), , 19-22 He was an associate of

Edward Avery Edward Avery (1851 – 1913) was an English publisher of pornography. His notable publications include ''The Whippingham Papers'', including poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne, and a pirated edition of Sir Richard Burton's ''Kama Sutra''. ...

and Leonard Smithers.James Nelson, ''Publisher to the Decadents: Leonard Smithers in the Careers of Beardsley, Wilde, Dowson'' (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000) He was prosecuted in 1871 and again in 1881. After the Post Office (Protection) Act 1884, Lazenby together with other publishers such as

Charles Carrington Charles Carrington (1857–1921) was a leading British publisher of erotica in late-19th- and early-20th-century Europe. Born ''Paul Harry Ferdinando'' in Bethnal Green, England on 11 November 1867, he moved in 1895 from London to Paris where h ...

, and

Harry Sidney Nichols Harry Sidney Nichols (14 August 1865 – 30 November 1941) was an English publisher of erotica. Nichols was born in Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of glass merchant William Nichols and his wife, Mary Hartley Nichols. He went into business as ...

, moved much of their business to

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to sell in the United Kingdom by mail order.Sigel, 116

References

* Patrick J. Kearney, ''A History of Erotic Literature'' (Macmillan, 1982), * Patrick J. Kearney and Gershon Legman, ''The Private Case: An Annotated Bibliography of the Private Case Erotica Collection in the British (Museum) Library'' (J. Landesman, 1981) * Peter Mendes, ''Clandestine Erotic Fiction in English, 1800-1930: A Bibliographical Study'' (Scolar Press, 1993), * Lisa Z. Sigel, ''International Exposure: Perspectives on Modern European Pornography, 1800-2000'' (Rutgers University Press, 2005), {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazenby, William Year of birth missing Year of death missing Publishers (people) from London English pornographers 1880s deaths