Lot 99
Beerbohm (Max) Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen, first edition, first issue, Edward Gordon Craig and Siegfried Sassoon's copy with two drawings by Craig, Leonard Smithers, 1896
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Beerbohm (Max) Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen, first edition, first issue with "Leonard Smithers" to foot of spine, Edward Gordon Craig and Siegfried Sassoon's copy with bookplates to front pastedown (Sassoon's posthumous), pencil caricature of George Bernard Shaw by Craig titled "G.B.S. The Sailor's Friend" to rear endpaper, and drawing of a bat by Craig above the Frank Harris plate, plates by Beerbohm, some light corner creasing and light finger-soiling, book label of Henry Sotheran to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, light rubbing and bumping to extremities, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 4to, Leonard Smithers, 1896.
⁂ An excellent provenance with evidence of Gordon Craig attempting his hand at caricature. Shaw and Craig knew each other well and feuded for much of their lives, though the drawing here appears to be an affectionate one.
Description
Beerbohm (Max) Caricatures of Twenty-Five Gentlemen, first edition, first issue with "Leonard Smithers" to foot of spine, Edward Gordon Craig and Siegfried Sassoon's copy with bookplates to front pastedown (Sassoon's posthumous), pencil caricature of George Bernard Shaw by Craig titled "G.B.S. The Sailor's Friend" to rear endpaper, and drawing of a bat by Craig above the Frank Harris plate, plates by Beerbohm, some light corner creasing and light finger-soiling, book label of Henry Sotheran to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little darkened, light rubbing and bumping to extremities, preserved in custom chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 4to, Leonard Smithers, 1896.
⁂ An excellent provenance with evidence of Gordon Craig attempting his hand at caricature. Shaw and Craig knew each other well and feuded for much of their lives, though the drawing here appears to be an affectionate one.
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