Max Beerbohm — Things New and Old

London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1923. First edition. Cloth. A first edition light-hearted portfolio of caricatures by Sir Max Beerbohm. A first edition volume of entertaining and insightful caricatures by English essayist and parodist Sir Max Beerbohm. The work makes light of figures with a wide range of social and cultural influence, from H. G. Wells to members of the Royal Family: one sketch is captioned 'The rare, the rather awful visits of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Windsor Castle&apos. Featuring a colour frontispiece, and forty-nine characterful monochrome plates throughout.Collated, complete.With the original tissue guards which feature the original captions for each illustration, often transcribed from the facsimile handwriting to the plates.The odd tissue guard loose and slotted inside.Tissue guard for plate 19 absent.Lacking original dust wrapper. Bound in original brown cloth. Externally, smart. Mild fading to front board extremities. Moderate bumping to head and tail. Small crease and very small loss to spine. The odd marks to boards. Bookseller sticker to front paste down. Front hinge slightly starting, but mostly firm. Mild age toning to rear endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Tissue guard for plate 19 absent. The odd tissue guard loose. Pages generally bright and clean. Scattered spotting to text block edges. Infrequent areas of moderate strain. Very Good . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Very Good .