Harold Begbie — The Struwwelpeter Alphabet

London, Grant Richards, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this entertaining iteration of Struwwelpeter, a series of comical caricatures of eminent figures of Victorian society. The first edition.A comical edition of the popular 'Struwwelpeter', this iteration being an alphabet of cartoons satirising eminent people in late Victorian society.Caricatures include the Kaiser, Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener, Henry Irving, Tsar Nicholas II, Emile Zola, and more.By Harold Begbie.Illustrated with twenty-seven colour plates.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, a little worn, with rubbing and age-toning to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Minor marks to the boards and spine. Hinges are weak. Spots to the endpapers. Small chip to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few light handling marks. Good Only . Ill.: F. Carruthers Gould. Good Only .