Author: Max Beerbohm
Title: Cartoons: The Second Childhood of John Bull
Description: London, Stephen Swift & Co. 1901. First edition. Hardback. A first edition folio collection of cartoons by renowned satirist Max Beerbohm. Containing fifteen of Beerbohm's iconic cartoons. Collated, complete.Max Beerbohm was an English caricaturist and humourist whose cartoons were iconic of their time; usually drawn in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting. His work first began to gain popularity after appearing in the first edition of 'The Yellow Book&apos. He was famously inept at drawing hands and feet, which were often avoided in his art.This was Beerbohm's fourth collection of cartoons, published in 1911.With the armorial bookplate of Edward Keppel Stephenson to the front pastedown. Stephenson was an English first-class cricketer and member of the Coldstream Guard during the First World War. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally rather worn; wear to the extremities and the spine, which has loss exposing the binding. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, binding is loosening throughout. Pages are worn at the edges, but bright and clean. Fair . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Fair .
Keywords: Cartoons Max Beerbohm Satire The Second Childhood of John Bull Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm
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Title: Cartoons: The Second Childhood of John Bull
Description: London, Stephen Swift & Co. 1901. First edition. Hardback. A first edition folio collection of cartoons by renowned satirist Max Beerbohm. Containing fifteen of Beerbohm's iconic cartoons. Collated, complete.Max Beerbohm was an English caricaturist and humourist whose cartoons were iconic of their time; usually drawn in pen or pencil with muted watercolour tinting. His work first began to gain popularity after appearing in the first edition of 'The Yellow Book&apos. He was famously inept at drawing hands and feet, which were often avoided in his art.This was Beerbohm's fourth collection of cartoons, published in 1911.With the armorial bookplate of Edward Keppel Stephenson to the front pastedown. Stephenson was an English first-class cricketer and member of the Coldstream Guard during the First World War. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally rather worn; wear to the extremities and the spine, which has loss exposing the binding. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, binding is loosening throughout. Pages are worn at the edges, but bright and clean. Fair . Ill.: Max Beerbohm. Fair .
Keywords: Cartoons Max Beerbohm Satire The Second Childhood of John Bull Max Beerbohm Max Beerbohm
Price: GBP 98.00 = appr. US$ 139.94 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 800R21
- Book number: 800R21
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