Max Beerbohm — 2 Vols Around Theatres

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1930 . Leather. The first American edition of Beerbohm"s collected theatre criticism, complete in two volumes and handsomely bound in half morocco by T. Lloyd. Uniformly bound in a handsome half morocco binding with marbled paper boards by T. Lloyd.  The first American edition, following the first English edition published in 1924. Complete in two volumes.  A collection of Beerbohm's witty theatre reviews from the Saturday Review. An engaging contemporary record of the London stage, bringing together Beerbohm"s humorous and frequently incisive assessments of its leading personalities and productions, including a critique of Sarah Bernhardt's Hamlet and his thoughts concerning the work of George Bernard Shaw. Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (1872-1956) was an English essayist and caricaturist, who was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910. Uniformly bound in a handsome half morocco binding with marbled paper boards by T. Lloyd. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with light age toning. The odd minor handling mark to fore edge of first and last few leaves. Leaves uncut, minor wear to deckled fore edges of first and last few leaves, slightly more so to vol II with one or two chips. Ink number stamp to foot of dedication page to vol I and foot of contents page of vol II. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .