Symons (Arthur) London Nights, one of 50 large paper copies, the author's copy with his ink ownership inscription dated "June 25th 1895" to front free endpaper and later presentation inscription from him "To Dora [?Gordine]" above, with watercolour decorations by Charles Conder to front free endpaper (this with presentation inscription from him "Charles Conder to A Symons. Dieppe 95. October 1" below) and to pages 9, 11, 13. 15 and 25, 5 autograph poems by the author loosely inserted or tipped in, pencil inscriptions in the author's hand above 9 poems, occasional light foxing and some browning or offsetting, some finger-soiling, silver gelatine print photograph of Baudelaire's drawing of Jeanne Duval laid onto front pastedown, original cloth, some marking or staining, rubbed, housed in custom black morocco drop-back box, 8vo, 1895.

⁂ A remarkable copy enriched with six superb Conder watercolour drawings.

The volume shows Symons in the process of revising the collection in the years following publication, some of the autograph poems are marked "For London Nights" by the author at head and appeared in subsequent editions. The pencil names to the head of the poems give some insight to the various figures in Symons' circle that inspired the works, including the Alhambra dancer Josephine Casaboni and the famous "Lydia" whose relationship with the author was an important source of inspiration. Symons later presented this copy to "Dora", likely the sculptor Dora Gordine (1895-1991) of whose works Symons was a great admirer to whom he would inscribe several works in his later years.