The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits.
by CARROLL, Lewis (pseud. DODGSON, Charles)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macmillan and Co., 1876. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; 9 illustrations by Henry Holiday, including frontispiece, light toning and spotting to prelims, previous owner's signature to half-title; publisher's cream pictorial cloth, all edges gilt, spine and extremities slightly darkened, quite pronounce cockling to cloth, more evident on upper board; first issue of An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice" and 1928 newspaper clipping from The Times tipped in, overall a very good copy.
First edition of Carroll's dark poem, describing 'with infinite humor the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature'.
An Easter Greeting was privately printed on laid paper by Carroll for his friends in a small number, and reprinted in 1880 with correction. This example is a genuine 1876 issue with the correct border size and all points of WMG 116, including the critical 'my' in Roman type at line 12 on the third page and E. Towgood's watermark.
Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 115.
First edition of Carroll's dark poem, describing 'with infinite humor the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature'.
An Easter Greeting was privately printed on laid paper by Carroll for his friends in a small number, and reprinted in 1880 with correction. This example is a genuine 1876 issue with the correct border size and all points of WMG 116, including the critical 'my' in Roman type at line 12 on the third page and E. Towgood's watermark.
Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 115.
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
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107967
- Title
- The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits.
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis (pseud. DODGSON, Charles)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Macmillan and Co., 1876.
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