Lot 307

Double Sided 70 Years Old Guinness Print 1952 Climbing & Crown Green Bowls

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Double Sided 70 Years Old Guinness Print 1952 Climbing & Crown Green Bowls

Genuine Double Sided Lithographed Colour Illustration from the 1952 Sport Folio Guinness Promotional Booklet.

Approx. Size 9" x 6" (22.86 x 15.24 cm) (228.6 x 152.4 mm).

Illustrations By Antony Groves- Raines.

Designed By S H Benson Ltd for Guinness.

A Humorous Parody of Sporting Activities Divided by The Months of The Year.

Drawings Prose and Poems.

One Of the Series of Annual Publicity Booklets That Were Issued By The Dublin And London Brewing Company Of Guinness And Issued To People Such As Doctors & Chemists To Promote The Benefits Of The Company's Stout.

The Booklets Were Produced to A Very High Standard of Illustration, Printing and Publishing From 1933-1939, Then 1950-1966, After Which The Guinness Book Of Records Continued The Tradition.

Every Publication From 1933 To 1966 Was A High-Quality Booklet with Rhymes, Text and Cartoons Created by Some of The Top Illustrators And Writers Of The Time.

The Booklet Was Designed by Guinness's Long-Standing Advertising Agency, S H Benson Ltd, Who Were Behind Much of The Striking and Memorable Guinness Advertising Of The Day.