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St. George's Day: A Fleet Street Eclogue.

DAVIDSON, John (1857-1909).

New York, NY: John Lane, 1895. [Scottish Verse] AMERICAN COPYRIGHT EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.16. Stapled twice. Some handling and a few small chips to covers. Very good. Part of the second series of Fleet Street Eclogues, expressing dismay at the homogenisation of British and American culture, and the triumph of Englishness. One of perhaps 100 copies printed to secure copyright in America before the first UK edition of 1896. Item #58446

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