Max Beerbohm — And Even Now

London, William Heinemann, 1922. Cloth. A smart copy of this scarce, limited edition of essays by Max Beerbohm, one of only seven-hundred and eighty copies. This title published as part of a limited edition, ten volume set of The Works of Max Beerbohm, produced by Heinemann in 1920. Heinemann only published seven hundred and eighty sets.This copy bound in the original publisher's cloth binding with the unclipped dust wrapper. With a spare spine label tipped-in to the final leaf, as called for.And Even Now was first published in 1920, written over a ten year period and compiled by the author from Rapallo, Italy. The collection includes; 'A Relic 1918', 'Going Out for a Walk 1918', 'Something Defeasible July, 1919', 'The Crime 1920' and, 'Laughter, 1920', among others. Bound in the publisher's original cloth with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. with light creasing and a single marks to rear board. A bump to upper rear board extremity. Sight bumping to head and tail of spine. Small tide marks to spine label. Hinge only starting at boards. Offsetting to frees. Dust wrapper generally smart. Sunning to front wrap. Minor loss from rubbing to head and tail. Tide marks to spine and rear joint of wrap, with bleed through to reverse wrap. Fly leaves lightly creased with edgewear to extremities. Notable sunning and discolouration to spine. Internally, firmly bound with the occasional strain to hinge. Offsetting from loose cord and loss to upper extremity of p. 25. The odd spot to gutter or page edges. Pages bright and clean. Spotting to spare spine label. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.