Item Description: Grant Richards, London, 1899. hardcover. Book Condition: Good. Gould, F. Carruthers (illustrator). First. Illustrated with 24 single-sided lithographic plates, each printed in colour with humorous drawings by F. Carruthers Gould and poems by Begbie. Short slim 4to, red cloth-backed pictorial boards ,minor edgewear,one prev owner inscription June 1899. London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition. A clean copy of this rather scarce book - A parody of Hoffman's children's book which lampoons British political figures of the era. Sent boxed,tracked and insured.