John Davidson — Self&Apos;S the Man
London, Grant Richards, 1901. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this tragi-comedy by John Davidson. This is a tragi-comic play featuring a Roman cast, set on the outskirts of Pavia in Italy.John Davidson (1857-1909) was a Scottish playwright, poet and novelist. His poetry greatly inspired T. S. Eliot, with evident intertext of Davidson's poet 'In the Isle of Dogs' noticeable in 'The Waste Land&apos.This is a first edition of this work. In the publisher's original binding. Externally very smart, slight bumping to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean with just the odd spot. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .