Author: Lewis Carroll
Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated nonsense poem from English writer Lewis Carroll. Later edition, originally published 1876. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine full-page images. Collated complete. A nonsense poem calling back to the author's earlier poem the Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass (1871). The narrative follows a crew of ten trying to hunt the Snark, but the only crewmember to find the Snark quietly vanishes. Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer. Illustrated by Henry Holiday, an English painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor. With sixteen pages tipped in to the rear with an article from April 1974. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities resulting in minor fraying. Light fading to the spine with minor damp marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good . Ill.: Henry Holiday. Very Good .
Keywords: Hunting Snark Agony Fits Snark Holiday Henry Holiday
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Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1913. Cloth. A smart later edition of this illustrated nonsense poem from English writer Lewis Carroll. Later edition, originally published 1876. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine full-page images. Collated complete. A nonsense poem calling back to the author's earlier poem the Jabberwocky from Through the Looking-Glass (1871). The narrative follows a crew of ten trying to hunt the Snark, but the only crewmember to find the Snark quietly vanishes. Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer. Illustrated by Henry Holiday, an English painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor. With sixteen pages tipped in to the rear with an article from April 1974. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities resulting in minor fraying. Light fading to the spine with minor damp marks to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Very Good . Ill.: Henry Holiday. Very Good .
Keywords: Hunting Snark Agony Fits Snark Holiday Henry Holiday
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 909T15
- Book number: 909T15
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