Max Beerbohm — A Book of Caricatures

London, Methuen & Co. 1907 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderful and humorous collection of forty-nine striking caricatures from English humorist Max Beerbohm, the first edition of this uncommon work. The first edition.Bound in the publisher's red quarter cloth and boards. An entertaining collection of caricature pictures by Max Beerbohm, a wonderful example of his popular work that led the rise of popularity in the genre.This volume focuses on his caricature portraits, with humorous portraits of Henry James, H. G. Wells, Lord Althorp, Lord Lytton, Winston Churchill, Hilaire Belloc, Arthur Balfour, and more.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and forty-eight monochrome plates. Each complete with the tissue guard. Collated, complete. Bound in the publisher's quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Externally, generally smart, with bumping to the extremities. Fading to the backstrip and front board. Marks to boards, including small tide marks, heavier to the front. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. The odd crease to tissue guard. Good . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Good .