Max Beerbohm — A Survey

London, William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A fantastic, signed limited edition of Beerbohm's illustrated book of caricatures, a satirical survey of notable public figures during World War One. A limited edition copy of this work, published in 1921 and signed by the author. Number two hundred and two of two hundred and seventy-five copies. Bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with bevelled edges.Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and further fifty-one monochrome plates, each tipped-in by a single edge and opposed by a glassine sheet, printed with a comical quotation. Collated, complete.A fantastic series of satirical caricatures depicting notable public figures during World War One, produced by Beerbohm from his home in Rapallo. The ink-drawn, illustrated title page comically depicts the author glancing up at Europe from Italy, whilst taking down notes in a notepad. Figures subject to Beerbohm's satirical gaze include Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Edmund Gosse, George Bernard Shaw and Leon Trotsky, among many other eminent contemporary figures.This copy with newspaper clipping tributes to Sir Max Beerbohm, loosely inserted at the front free. Bound in the original publisher's cloth. Externally, generally smart. With sunning and tide marking to both boards. Significant sunning to spine. Bumping to cloth at head and tail of spine. Tide marking with scattered spotting to paste downs and opposing frees. Hinge strained at front board. Internally, occasional straining to the hinge throughout but firmly intact. Pages bright and clean. Good . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Good .