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The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits
by CARROLL, Lewis
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London / New York: Macmillan and Co., Limited /The Macmillan Company, 1900. Early reprint. Hardcover. Henry Holiday. 12mo. Pp. [iv], v-xi, [3], 4-83. Frontis. illustration with tissue guard. Illustrated throughout with Holiday's fantastic creations. Coated black endpapers. All edges gilt. Cloth decorated with ample gilt. Front fly excised; gilt on spine worn away. Corners sharp. While the illustrations are superb, our favorite might be the "Ocean Chart," bordered as a map should be but, by design, entirely blank.
Synopsis
If-and the thing is wildly possible-the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel convinced, on the line (in p.4)
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7244
- Title
- The Hunting of the Snark An Agony in Eight Fits
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Illustrator
- Henry Holiday
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co., Limited /The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1900
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About the Seller
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- New
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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