Munro, Hector H ( Saki ) & Gould, F Carruthers [illustrator] — The Westminster Alice

The Westminster Gazette 1902 1st edition thus. Cloth, VG. [iv]+68pp, b/w illustrations, cloth faded to the spine & the bottom edge of the upper board, cloth a little grubby, internally fine. A pencil note states that the book was purchased in 1972, from Keith Clark, Oxford Market, November 1972 - of 75 pence. A political satire, which was issued in paper wrappers & cloth. It was the author's second book, critical of the politics of the day, of which Alice tries to make sense. A number of notable British politicians are identified in the book. Joseph Chamberlain is the Queen of Hearts, the Red Queen, and the Mad Hatter; Arthur Balfour is the White Queen and the March Hare; the Marquess of Salisbury is the King of Hearts and the Dormouse; Archbishop of Canterbury Frederick Temple is the Duchess; and Redvers Buller is Humpty Dumpty.