THE POLITICAL STRUWWELPETER

by Harold Begbie, F. Carruthers Gould, Heinrich Hoffman

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First edition

London: Grant Richards, 1899. First edition of this English political parody of the classic German children's book by Heinrich Hoffman, the misbehaving Shaggy Peter. Very good. Item #40223 Each verse makes fun of some contemporary political event, most prominently the first phrase of the Boer War. The illustrations each take their cue from the Hoffman originals, with details altered to invoke caricatures of various

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