The political Struwwelpeter / by Harold Begbie ; illustrated by F. Carruthers Gould
1899, Second Edition. London : Grant Richards. Good copy in the original colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges bumped and rubbed as with age. Item #299615
Physical description: [1], 24 leaves : col. ill. ; 27 cm. Satire on English politicians, parodying Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter. Title and imprint from cover. On verso of dedication sheet: Publisher's announcement. A special edition of "The political Struwwelpeter," limited to 250 copies, will be issued at 21/-net each. This edition will be printed on Japanese vellum, and each copy signed by the author and artist. First edition (5,000 copies), June; second edition (5,000 copies), July ; third edition (5,000 copies), October. Printed on recto only. At bottom of cover title: The Graphotone Co., printers, Enfield. Subjects: Hoffmann, Heinrich. English - wit and humor. Caricatures and cartoons - Great Britain.
Price: €125.00