The Hunting of the Snark.
by CARROLL, Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876. First edition. The poem "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature. It has been called the 'Odyssey of the Nonsensical'... The poem is marked off from the two Alice books by not being written primarily for children" (The Lewis Carroll Handbook). Octavo. Original buff cloth, spine lettered in black, covers illustrated in black, black endpapers, all edges gilt. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations by Henry Holiday. Spine slightly cocked, extremities a little rubbed and worn, occasional browning, hinges splitting but sound; a very good and bright copy. Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch 115.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 162127
- Title
- The Hunting of the Snark.
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Macmillan and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1876
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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