The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday

by [Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge] Lewis Carroll 1832-1898

$18,230 · Offered by Biblio

London: MacMillan and Co., 1876. xi,(3),83 pp. 12 mo. original dark red cloth binding. Both front and rear boards with extensive gilt decoration. Gilt title on spine. Corners with moderate bumping and light wear. All edges gilt. Original dark green endpapers. Original binders ticket of Burn and Co. on the rear pastedown. Half title. Small stain and two old ownership signatures. Frontispiece and 8 other illustrations. Original plate tissues. Last unnumbered leaf contains advertisements for Carroll s other works. Minor soiling in the text block otherwise a very attractive and clean copy. A remarkable prepublication, presentation copy of the First Edition, First issue, inscribed by Carroll to his brother on the day of publication. Edwin Heron Dodgson, from his aff{ectiona}te brother, the Author, March 29th, 1876 /p p /p p Carroll ordered a number of copies in special bindings to match Alice of which 100 copies were bound in red like this example. His own personal copy was also bound in red. First issue with Baker for Butcher on p83. /p p /p p This book is a fantastical poem involving a strange crew of tradesmen and a beaver as they set off on a journey to find the Snark . The illustrations are by Holiday, as well as the highly decorative binding which he has signed with his initials. The illustrations greatly complement this truly strange and lovely little book. 1876

• Publisher: MacMillan and Co.
• Year: 1876
• Binding: hardcover

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