Maggs Bros Ltd DAVIDSON (John). Perfervid: The Career of Ninian Jamieson. Frontispiece and twenty-two illustrations by Harry Furniss. First edition. 8vo., complete with initial and terminal advertisement leaves and the half-title, slight spotting to preliminaries, original pale blue bevelled pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, spine darkened and rubbed at head and foot. London, Ward and Downey. 1890. Davidson wrote four novels in the 'Nineties mainly for commercial reasons; "Perfervid" is generally considered the best. NCBEL manages to mistitle the novel "Perpervid". Wolff 1739 This item is listed on Bibliopoly by Maggs Bros Ltd ; click here for further details. | |
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