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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits

The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits

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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits

by Carroll, Lewis

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London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1897. Small 8vo. xiii, 84 pp. Elaborately gilt-decorated red cloth; all edges gilt. Spine darkened and light wear to extremities. Ink name to half title, and an annotation below the dedicatory poem, that points out the unique double acrostic in which Caroll hides his child-friend and inspiration for the poem as a whole, Gertrude Chataway. Light spotting throughout. Nine black & white etching illustrations by Henry Holiday. . Very Good. Gilt-decorated Boards. Reprint. 1898.

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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
Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
70783
Title
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits
Author
Carroll, Lewis
Illustrator
Holiday, Henry
Format/Binding
Gilt-decorated Boards
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Reprint
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Macmillan and Co., Ltd. 1897
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1898
Size
Small 8vo.
Keywords
Lewis Carroll,Hunting,Snark
Bookseller catalogs
Illustrated; Christmas Presents; Children's;

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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...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Spine
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Half Title
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Reprint
Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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