Lewis Carroll and Alice: The Collection of Stephen and Nancy Farber
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Lot 118
DYRENFORTH, James and Max KESTER. Adolf in Blunderland: A P...
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DYRENFORTH, James and Max KESTER. Adolf in Blunderland: A Political Parody of Lewis Carroll?s Famous Story. London: Frederick Muller, [1939]. Small 4to. Illustrations by Norman Mansbridge. Original red cloth-backed illustrated boards (some light browning at extremities); original dust jacket (some spotting). Provenance: contemporary gift inscription dated 1939 on front free endpaper. FIRST EDITION of this political satire using Carrollian characters. ?The greater part of this book (which is in dramatic form) was broadcast on BBC on October 6, 1939? (Lovett 1128).
