DAVIDSON, JOHN. The North Wall. Glasgow, 1885. Printed white wrappers, spine worn. Author's rare second book and first novel -- Bruce. A Drama in Five Acts. Glasgow, 1886. Cloth-backed boards, paper label, spine darkened. Paul Lemperly bookplate -- Smith. A Tragedy. Glasgow, 1888. Printed limp vellum, unopened. Plays. Greenock, 1889. Printed wrappers, unopened, covers soiled, ends of spine worn; half morocco slipcase. Rare First Issue -- Plays. 1893. Printed wrappers, unopened, dust-soiled; half morocco slipcase. Second issue with a new Elkin Mathews and John Lane title-page -- Perfervid. 1890. Pictorial cloth. Illus. by Harry Furniss -- The Great Men and A Practical Novelist. 1891 -- Fleet Street Eclogues. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Limited to 300 copies, errata slip tipped in. Lemperly bookplate -- Baptist Lake. 1894. Inner hinges tender -- St. George's Day. A Fleet Street Eclogue. New York: John Lane, 1895. Tan printed wrappers, slightly dust-soiled; half morocco slipcase. One of a small number of copies (12?) printed to secure American copyright -- A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender. 1895. Shaken. Beardsley frontispiece -- Godfrida. New York, 1898 -- Testaments. 1901-2. 3 vols., printed wrappers, ends of spines worn, part 1 with chipping; half morocco slipcase. Part 3 INSCRIBED BY DAVIDSON to J.A. [Lamb?] -- The Theatrocrat. 1905 -- The Triumph of Mammon. 1907 -- Mammon and His Message. 1908 -- MONTESQUIEU. Persian Letters, trans. by Davidson. 1893. 2 vols. Limited to 520 copies. Lemperly bookplate. London, except as noted. Together 20 vols., 12mo-8vo, original bindings (cloth, except as noted). FIRST EDITIONS. (20)

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DAVIDSON, JOHN. The North Wall. Glasgow, 1885. Printed white wrappers, spine worn. Author's rare second book and first novel -- Bruce. A Drama in Five Acts. Glasgow, 1886. Cloth-backed boards, paper label, spine darkened. Paul Lemperly bookplate -- Smith. A Tragedy. Glasgow, 1888. Printed limp vellum, unopened. Plays. Greenock, 1889. Printed wrappers, unopened, covers soiled, ends of spine worn; half morocco slipcase. Rare First Issue -- Plays. 1893. Printed wrappers, unopened, dust-soiled; half morocco slipcase. Second issue with a new Elkin Mathews and John Lane title-page -- Perfervid. 1890. Pictorial cloth. Illus. by Harry Furniss -- The Great Men and A Practical Novelist. 1891 -- Fleet Street Eclogues. Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Limited to 300 copies, errata slip tipped in. Lemperly bookplate -- Baptist Lake. 1894. Inner hinges tender -- St. George's Day. A Fleet Street Eclogue. New York: John Lane, 1895. Tan printed wrappers, slightly dust-soiled; half morocco slipcase. One of a small number of copies (12?) printed to secure American copyright -- A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender. 1895. Shaken. Beardsley frontispiece -- Godfrida. New York, 1898 -- Testaments. 1901-2. 3 vols., printed wrappers, ends of spines worn, part 1 with chipping; half morocco slipcase. Part 3 INSCRIBED BY DAVIDSON to J.A. [Lamb?] -- The Theatrocrat. 1905 -- The Triumph of Mammon. 1907 -- Mammon and His Message. 1908 -- MONTESQUIEU. Persian Letters, trans. by Davidson. 1893. 2 vols. Limited to 520 copies. Lemperly bookplate. London, except as noted. Together 20 vols., 12mo-8vo, original bindings (cloth, except as noted). FIRST EDITIONS. (20)

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