The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
by CARROLL, Lewis; PEAKE, Mervyn (illus.)
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London; Toronto: Chatto and Windus; The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1941. First Edition with illustrations by Peake. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. ix, [1], 11-44, [2] p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Pink cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Some soiling and chips to jacket. Also some soiling to inside, especially to p. 17, the last page of text, and rear endpapers. Tiny tear in bottom of p. 37.
First published in 1876, this fanciful eight-canto poem describes the sea voyage of a bellman, boots, bonnet maker, barrister, broker, billiard marker, banker, beaver, baker, and butcher on a search for the elusive snark. Here the epic is illustrated by Mervyn Peake, who is said to have been paid only £ 5 for his work. If so, it seems a pity, for Peake's goofy pictures are the perfect accompaniment to Carroll's nonsense.
First published in 1876, this fanciful eight-canto poem describes the sea voyage of a bellman, boots, bonnet maker, barrister, broker, billiard marker, banker, beaver, baker, and butcher on a search for the elusive snark. Here the epic is illustrated by Mervyn Peake, who is said to have been paid only £ 5 for his work. If so, it seems a pity, for Peake's goofy pictures are the perfect accompaniment to Carroll's nonsense.
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- Bookseller
- Attic Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128557
- Title
- The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- Author
- CARROLL, Lewis; PEAKE, Mervyn (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition with illustrations by Peake
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus; The Macmillan Company of Canada
- Place of Publication
- London; Toronto
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Children's, Poetry, Humour, Nonsense
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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