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

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Sale 401: Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (#401) 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #21The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits

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Sale 401: Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries (#401) 04/16/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

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

Author:

Carroll, Lewis

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Macmillan & Co.

Date Published:

1876

Description:

xi, [3], 83, [2] + 1 ad pp. Illustrated with frontispiece (included in pagination) & 8 full-page wood engravings by Shain after Henry Holiday. 7¼x4¾, original pictorial buff cloth, all edges gilt. First Edition.

Tipped in at front is Carroll's scarce 4 page pamphlet "An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves "Alice.""

Condition:

Spine chipped and with some repair, rear joint split, front hinge cracked; foxing; good.

Item#:

200758

Headline:

Lewis Carroll, Hunting of the Snark, 1st Ed. 1876
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