Testaments: No. I. The testament of a vivisector
by DAVIDSON, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Grant Richards, 1901. 27pp, [1]. With a half-title. [Bound with:] DAVIDSON, John. Testaments. No. II. The testament of a man forbid. London. Grant Richards, 1901. First edition. 29pp, [1]. With a half-title. [And:] DAVIDSON, John. Testaments. No. III. The testament of an empire-builder. London. Grant Richards, 1902. First edition. 81pp, [1]. With a half-title and an initial leaf of publisher's advertisements. Quarto. Contemporary black half-morocco, cloth boards, gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally immaculate. The first three volumes of Scottish poet John Davidson's (1857-1909) Testament series in which he expounds in verse a unique philosophy at once materialistic and aristocratic. In the prefatory remarks to the first book, he states: 'The Testament of a Vivisector, the first of a series of poems which I purpose publishing at intervals in this form, will hardly recommend itself to Vivisector or Anti-Vivisector; and the new statement of Materialism which it contains is likely to offend both the religious and the irreligious mind. This poem, therefore, and its successors, my 'Testaments', are addressed to those who are willing to place all ideas in the crucible, and who are not afraid to fathom what is subconscious in themselves and others'. . First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ21591
- Title
- Testaments: No. I. The testament of a vivisector
- Author
- DAVIDSON, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grant Richards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Keywords
- Poetry, Verse
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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