[Printed pamphlet satirising the 1879 Royal Academy exhibition.] The Piccadilly Peep-Show; or, Round the R.A. in 15 minutes. By Wallis Mackay. [Preceded by 'The Piccadilly Peep-Showman's Song. By Walter Pelham.']
Author:
Wallis Mackay [Walter Pelham; The Royal Academy of Arts, London]
Publication details:
Published by Richardson and Best, 5, Queen's Head Passage, Paternoster Row. [1879.] [London: The Artistic Colour Printing Company, Limited, Playhouse Yard, Barbican.]
£120.00
SKU: 11925
44 + [i] + [iii], 8vo. In original grey printed wraps. Fair: on aged paper, in worn wraps separating at spine (as is the bifolium carrying the first and last leaves). Ownership inscription at head of front wrap: 'C. L. F.' Numerous amusing illustrations in text, which is followed by a spoof 'Blank Page for School Boys and others to Sketch upon.' and three pages of advertisements. Further advertisements on inside of front wrap, and on both sides of back wrap. Scarce: the only copy of this undated first edition on COPAC at the V&A. Copac lists five copies of the expanded version dated 1879 and subtitled 'Round the R.A. in 20 minutes'.