Max Beerbohm — A Survey

London, William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition copy of Max Beerbohm"s caricature series, complete with fifty-two tipped in plates and the original dust wrapper. Limited edition, signed and numbered by the author. This copy is number 197 of 275 copies, of which 250 are for sale, and 25 for presentation. A book of caricatures and humorous illustrations from British essayist, caricaturist and parodist Max Beerbohm. With the uncommon original unclipped dust wrapper. Title page line drawing and fifty-two tipped in plates, including a colour frontispiece. Collated, complete. Created at his home in Rapallo in Italy and in Britain, Beerbohm"s work serves as a satire of the First World War, with each plate accompanied by a tissue guard and descriptive letterpress. The caricatures include Joseph Conrad, David Lloyd George, Lytton Strachey, Maurice Hewlett and others. In the original purple cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with fading to the spine and rear board and minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with a couple closed tears and edge wear. Light handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Very Good/Very Good.