We recently acquired a copy of the Cheshire Cat Press’ Wouldn’t it be Murder, a wonderful letterpress book illustrated with engravings by George Walker and printed at the Poole Hall Press. The book contains the talk Alice scholar and enthusiast Joseph Brabant presented to the Lewis Carroll Society of North America at its first meeting in Canada, on May 12, 1990. The talked explored the question, from a humorous legal view of the situation, as to whether or not it would be murder if Alice left the Duchess’ child behind after the Duchess tossed it to her.
This fine copy is one of a limited 177 copies (as with all Cheshire Cat Press editions). But unlike other copies I’ve seen, it is signed by the artist George Walker and has an additional Alice engraving tipped onto the blank opposite the title page.
