PLAYS BY JOHN DAVIDSON. Being: An Unhistorical Pastoral; A Romantic Farce; Bruce A Chronicle Play; Smith A Tragic Farce; and Scaramouch in Naxos a Pantomime.

First edition thus, one of 500 copies printed. Publisher's original light brown cloth with titles in gilt to the spine and a gilt scaramouche to the upper board designed by Aubrey Beardsley. Fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Illustrated with a black and white frontispiece and title page vignette by Aubrey Beardsley. Arts and Crafts Movement style bookplate of William S. Argent designed by Henry Ospovat to the front pastedown. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little toning to the spine and rubbing to the boards. The contents with two old tape marks to the front and rear endpaper and toning to the page edges are otherwise in good order and clean throughout. A nice example.

The first collected edition of Davidson's earliest published works, with a wonderful frontispiece by Beardsley in his inimitable Aesthetic Movement style. A lovely copy, especially with the addition of an attractive and uncommon Henry Ospovat designed bookplate. Provenance: From the library of Martin Stone.