1950 · Dublin
by S. H. Benson
Dublin: Guinness, 1950. Cover edges are frayed. Minor discoloration on back cover.. A humorous and colorful advertising booklet for Guinness Stout. The booklet contains a series of illustrations featuring people doing different sports activities in late Victorian/ Edwardian dress. The activities has been organized by month, so for example, in January the figures are ice skating and in September they are hunting. The illustrations themselves are quite humorous, for example, the illustration of the ice skating shows the same man in the variety of ways he fell down on the pond. In addition to the illustrations each page has a corresponding poem. Below is an example:
"Describing his win, with a Guinness in hand,
The Rider, who's still fun of beans,
Says he won by a head, and we all understand
It's the head of a Guinness he means."
- March, a horse racing scene
Illustrated covers. Stapled Booklet. 16 pages. Designed by S. H. Benson. Printed by John Waddington Ltd. Illustrations by Antony Groves-Raines. Measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/2 (Inventory #: 27006102)
"Describing his win, with a Guinness in hand,
The Rider, who's still fun of beans,
Says he won by a head, and we all understand
It's the head of a Guinness he means."
- March, a horse racing scene
Illustrated covers. Stapled Booklet. 16 pages. Designed by S. H. Benson. Printed by John Waddington Ltd. Illustrations by Antony Groves-Raines. Measures 9 1/4" x 6 1/2 (Inventory #: 27006102)