Max Beerbohm artwork – Sydney Rare Book Auctions 2026

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A collection of 9 books by or about Max Beerbohm. All hardcovers, mostly in dustwrappers. 1) Max by David Cecil. Published by Readers Union in London, 1966. 2) Portrait of Max: an intimate memoir of Sir Max Beerbohm by SN Behrman (pseudonym Max Beerbohm). Published by Random House in New York, 1960. In price clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and torn else good. 3)Another copy of the Portrait of Max 1*60. No dustwrapper. 4) Conversations with Max by Behrman. Published by Hamish Hamilton in London, 1960. In price-clipped and torn dustwrapper. 5) The Lies of Art: Max Beerbohm's Parody and Caricature by John Felstiner. Published by Gollancz, 1973. 6) Max and Will : Max Beerbohm and William Rothenstein, their friendship and letters, 1893-1945. Edited with introduction and notes by Mary M Lago and Karl Beckson. Published by Murray in London, 1975. Priceclipped. 7) Beerbohm's Literary Caricatures: from Homer to Huxley. Selected, Introduced, and Annotated by JG Riewald. Published in London by Allen Lane, 1977. 8) Mainly On The Air by Max Beerbohm. Published by Heinemann in London, 1957. No dustwrapper. Cloth unevenly faded. 9) Letters to Reggie Turner by Max Beerbohm. Edited, with an introduction, by Rupert Hart-Davis. Published by Rupert Hart-Davis, 1964. Signed on the front endpaper by Rupert. 10) More Theatres by Max Beerbohm. Published by Taplinger Publishing Company, 1969.