Observations by Beerbohm Max (50 results)

library. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (great britian, caricatures, cartoons) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 1/2x11. 52 page reprint of the 1925 original - all plates are black and white.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. First Edition UK. First edition HB Owner bookplate, tanning to endpapers and tissues, else contents very good. Orange boards are handsoiled, with rippling front and back at edges. Spine is sunned and tape-repaired in several places; top 2" missing paper backing to spine; Color frontis plus 51 monotone plates. BRITISH ART, CARICATURE, SATIRE, FIRSTS; this is a large book and International orders will require additional postage; (3/23/21- 56728 ) Size: 9 x 11". Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator). …

BLUE CLOTH. Condition: FINE-. 1925, 1971. VIII + 52 (BRIEF) TEXT PAGES + 52 BLACK & WHITE PLATES.CLEAR BRIGHT CRISP GOLD LEAF LETTERING ON THE SPINE. Size: QUARTO.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First. Colored frontispiece and 51 caricatures in black & white. Sq. 4to, yellow cloth; lbinding lightly soiled, shelf worn & spine faded. London: Heinemann, 1925. First Edition. A very good(+) copy, the contents are fine.

Condition: Good. 1925. First Published. 51 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth covered boards. Collection of black and white illustrated plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Occasional minor page stains. Ex Libris plate to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Book has a slight forward lean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardboards have light wear, some occasional interior smudging, dustcover torn, rubbed, but in one piece with piece missing, interior one illustration towards frontispiece loose; Straight and solid, all transparencies before plates intact - good copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback. First Edition. Condition: Good, no Jacket. The cloth covered boards show some darkening with age. The book itself is clean and complete. The frontispiece in colour and the title page have detached from the page block, but the rest is sound. A collection of cartoons depicting politicians and celebrities of the day by a master of his craft. A large book which may require additional postage overseas postage: please enquire before ordering. Please note if ordering from abroad, that any additional customs charge will be the responsibility of the buyer. All proceeds of sale go to LOROS, a Hospice Charity serving Leicestershire and Rutland. Max Beerbohm (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First Edition. Bright yellow cloth boards. 51 pp. 51 plates in black and white and 1 in color, all with captioned tissue guards. A book of caricatures by "the Incomparable Max" Good, wear along corners, 1-inch tear along rear hinge, some soiling to cover and slight curve to volume.

hardcover. Condition: very good(+). First Edition. Color frontispiece & 51 caricatures in black & white. 4to, yellow cloth; very light binding wear. London: Heinemann, 1925. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has bumps with the cloth wearing thin at the spine ends and corners, light sunning to the spine with toned offsets to the covers, rubbing with smudging across the cloth, some toning to the end pages with creasing to the fore edge of the front fly leaf, spots of soiling to several pages, and some of the glassine pages are sticking to their adjacent leaf at the head causing small chips to the head of a few of the protective sheets. Overall, this is a solid, Good only copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Gold lettering on the spine. Spine and cover soiled, corners bumped; light soiling to some of the pages. 51 b/w cartoons with captioned tissue guards of famous people in the theater, literature and politics; including two famous cartoons of Bernard Shaw; colored frontispiece of Lord Balfour. Size: 8.5 x 11.…

Yellow hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and slightly wrinkled. Some light foxing within. 290mm x 220mm (11" x 9"). viii + plates. 51 tissue guarded plates (1 in colour). Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas.

First edition. Reading Copy. Cover is soiled with top and base of spine slightly frayed w/some small tears. One loose page. Pencil marks on several pages.

Hard cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. From the library of novelist Paul Horgan, whose bookplate and signature are in the front endpapers. There is also a bookplate and blindstamp in the same area of Graydon Shaw Staring, lawyer and naval historian. Covers shelfworn, with a large chip along front cover hinge. Spine is shaken, but all pages remain attached to binding. Pages are tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. original cloth hardcover,tissue guarded plates throughout all present as called for,a very good clean and complete copy.We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.Shelf B92.

First Edition. Large 8vo., pages not numbered. 51 cartoons of famous people in the theater, literature and politics; including two famous cartoons of Bernard Shaw. Colored frontispiece of Lord Balfour. Yellow cloth, cover somewhat soiled, some light water stain, o/w VG. Beerbohm (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very good large book in lightly marked orange buckram covers with gilt titles to somewhat darkened spine. Internally very good and free of inscriptions but with owner's printed label to paste down; delightfully and copiously illustrated with contemporary caricatures protected by labelled tissue guards. No dust jacket. The Author (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Minus. First Edition. 4to. 52 plates of the famous and celebrated, many of whom were among the literati, with a few politicians thrown in, as well as a few with no known personage but satirizing some current in society. Thus found here are unforgettable send-ups of Stanley Baldwin, Lord Balfour, Lytton Strachey, GB Shaw, and Beerbohm's arch-nemesis, Rudyard Kipling. Captions on tissue guards.The original orange-ish cloth has a moderate amount of soiling. Spine extremities with fraying. Frontis leaf tipped back in. English Literature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition overall, in the original dust jacket. The book itself remains clean, sound, and complete, with a firm binding and bright, well-preserved interiors showing only light, even age toning typical of the period. Plates and illustrations are intact and attractive. The dust jacket, while present and complete, shows heavy age-related wear, including pronounced toning, surface abrasion, creasing, edge wear, tape, and some tears, particularly along edges and corners. Despite its wear, the jacket remains serviceable and protective in a mylar sleeve, and its survival is notable for a volume of this date. A distinguished collection of essays illustrated by the author, combining Beerbohm's characteristically refined prose with his celebrated satirical drawings. This copy includes the original dust jacket with publisher's advertisements to the rear panel. An appealing example of a classic Beerbohm title, offered complete and unaltered, suitable for collectors seeking an honest, intact copy with original jacket present. From the personal library of Tony Walton (1934-2022), Academy Award- and multiple Tony Award-winning stage and costume designer, celebrated for his imaginative work in stage and film.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Description: viii p. , 51 pl. Col. Front. 29 cm. Excellent tissue-guarded plates. Subjects: Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872-1956. 2 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 0 pages; Description: viii p. , 51 pl. Col. Front. 29 cm. Excellent tissue-guarded plates. Subjects: Beerbohm, Max, Sir 1872-1956. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #139 of 280. 52 illustrated plates on glossy paper tipped in. Lacks pocket at rear with extra plate. Tight binding, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to black spine label, wormholing and fraying to end papers and blank first and last pages, mainly in the gutter and not affecting any of the illustrations. Signed by author on limitations page. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, #4 of 280. Tight binding, solid green cloth beveled boards with gilt lettering to front board and to spine strip, gilt edges, pocket at rear with extra plate (School for those about to become cartoonists) signed by Beerbohm, colored frontispiece with 51 black and white plates, clean, unmarked pages throughout. Signed by author on limitations page. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Tall quarto. 51pp. Illustrated by the author. Lightly bumped at tips of two corners, tips of spine rubbed and tanned, else a very good, bright copy in good or better dust jacket with chip at the base of spine and an archivally mended tear. Among the "various persons" depicted are George Moore, Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, R. Kipling, and others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Fifty-one full-page carIcature plates including Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, R. Kipling among others. Sound brown DJ with some darkening to the spine and minor wear to extrmities. Book is clean throughout with faint foxing half title page. Color frontis.…

Condition: Good. Dust jacket. Plain with small tear at top, a little soiling and chipping, and with tape mark on front, minor interior tape mend.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. The first edition of this collection of drawings from parodist and caricaturist Max Beerbohm. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Containing humorous depictions of Duff Cooper, H. G. Wells, the Prince of Wales, and other eminent figures, as well as portrayals of the old and the young self.With a coloured frontispiece fifty-one monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist whose works are in many public collections. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. Max Beerbohm (illustrator). book. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A bright volume of Max Beerbohm's caricatures. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.Containing humorous depictions of Duff Cooper, H. G. Wells, the Prince of Wales, and other eminent figures, as well as portrayals of the old and the young self.With a coloured frontispiece fifty-one monochrome plates. Collated, complete.Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist whose works are in many public collections. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with light bumping to the extremities and fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. With a few spots to the first couple leaves. Very Good Indeed. Max Beerbohm (illustrator). book.…