The hunting of the snark : an agony in eight fits / by Lewis Carroll, author of ""Alice's adventures in wonderland,"" and ""Through the looking-glass."" With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday
by Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898). Holiday, Henry (1839-1927) [ill.]
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About This Item
London : Macmillan and Co., 1876. 1st edition, 1st issue. Hardback. Bookplate of Laura Joseph. Finely bound in full, contemporary aniline calf. Raised bands with contrasting gilt-blocked labels. Inner gilt dentelles. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. An exceptional copy.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 83 pages; Final page of publisher's advertisements. Physical desc.: xi, [3], [3]-83 p. : ill. ; 18.2 cm. Summary: Lewis Carroll's celebrated nonsense poem, describing the strange voyage of the Bellman and his crew, and their attempt to track down a Snark. Subject: Children's poetry, English. Juvenile literature - English - 19th century.
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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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- Title
- The hunting of the snark : an agony in eight fits / by Lewis Carroll, author of ""Alice's adventures in wonderland,"" and ""Through the looking-glass."" With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898). Holiday, Henry (1839-1927) [ill.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition, 1st issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1876
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