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[BEETON, S.O.], Edward the Seventh. A play on the past and present times with a view to the future. Illustrated by double-page and whole page cartoons of suggestive scenes, and a treble-page frontispiece, presenting the portraits of the authors of "The Coming K-".
London: Published for the proprietors [J. Ogden & Co., Printers], 1876. Tall 8vo. 8 plates (3 folding). Pp. [1-[6, ads], [7, title page], [8, ads on verso of title page], [i]-iv, [1]-90, [2, ads]. Chromolithographic wrappers depicting the coronation of Edward VII in Westminster Abbey (front wrapper only, worn). Shaken, some marginal chipping, frontispiece loosened. Text and illustrations complete (lacking backing wrapper and three ad leaflets called for by Sadleir). A good copy in custom full morocco slipcase with cloth chemises. Sadleir 3482. ¶ One of the series of "notorious, enormously successful and often insulting satires on Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, the Court, the Ministers, and the hangers-on to Royalty in general" (Sadleir). "In 1872 Beeton's relationship with Ward and Lock (as it now was) deteriorated sharply over his use of the Beeton Christmas Annual to satirize the royal family" (DNB); He ultimately lost control of the business use of the Beeton's name. The folding plates depict "Multiform portraits of the authors of 'The Coming K-'"; "The Money Race"; "The Coming Struggle in the Orient"; the single leaf caricatures are titled "On the Mistletoe Bough (Bow)"; "The Sweet Rose, England, 1837; The Prickly Thistle, Scotland, 1876"; "P.P.C. - Pour prendre congé. Parting prayer of a cynic"; "A Dream of Fair Women; and others"; "The Lilliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver". With two issues of Victorian satirical weeklies, "Judy" No. 70, Aug. 26, 1868; and "Fun" No. 171, Aug 22, 1868. Uncommon
Offered for US$ 500.00 by: James Cummins Bookseller - Book number: 231785