1876 Lewis Carroll 1st ed Hunting of the Snark

1876 Lewis Carroll 1st ed Hunting of the Snark Illustrated Fantasy Alice Holiday

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't.”

– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll was the author of numerous children’s and fantasy stories in the 19th-century, and none were more famous than ‘Alice.’ However, Carroll published others such as ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ – a nonsense poem using words such as ‘Jabberwocky’, jubjub, and Bandersnatch!

This rare first edition is complete with the nine illustrations by Henry Holiday and features the expected first edition points (noted below).

Item number: #14881

Price: $950

CARROLL, Lewis

The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits

London: MacMillan, 1876. First edition 1st printing

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xi, [1], 83, [3]

9 illustrations

Edition points:

No statement of printing

p.83 – “Baker” instead of “Butcher”

Provenance: Handwritten -

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18.5cm x 13cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent