Accession number
PML 352014
Published
St. James's Gate, Dublin : [Arthur Guinness, Son & Co.], 1933 London John Waddington Ltd.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
Cover title.
"These parodies and imitations of verses and scenes from 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Alice through the Looking Glass,' 'The Hunting of the Snack' and 'Sylvie and Bruno,' are published with all due acknowledgments to the Author, Lewis Carroll, and the Illustrators, Sir John Tenniel, Henry Holliday and Harry Furniss. They are offered for your entertainment with the compliments of Arthur Guinness, Son & Co., Ltd."
Illustrations signed Gilroy. John T. Young Gilroy was the Guinness Company's advertising illustrator. See Horne, Alan. Dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, p. 219.
First of the Alice Christmas booklets produced by Guinness as a tie-in with their Alice advertising campaign. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
"These parodies and imitations of verses and scenes from 'Alice in Wonderland,' 'Alice through the Looking Glass,' 'The Hunting of the Snack' and 'Sylvie and Bruno,' are published with all due acknowledgments to the Author, Lewis Carroll, and the Illustrators, Sir John Tenniel, Henry Holliday and Harry Furniss. They are offered for your entertainment with the compliments of Arthur Guinness, Son & Co., Ltd."
Illustrations signed Gilroy. John T. Young Gilroy was the Guinness Company's advertising illustrator. See Horne, Alan. Dictionary of 20th century British book illustrators. Woodbridge, Suffolk : Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, p. 219.
First of the Alice Christmas booklets produced by Guinness as a tie-in with their Alice advertising campaign. Cf. Lovett & Lovett.
Description
23 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm
Provenance
From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary
An adaptation of Lewis Carroll's works advertising Guinness beer.
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