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The hunting of the snark : an agony, in eight fits / By Lewis Carroll... with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday
by Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Macmillan and Co., 1876. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original cream cloth. Rebacked with the original spine laid back. The cloth is somewhat dust-toned as with age, with some rubbing and light wear evident around the panel edges. New endpapers. Some marginal dust marks evident internally, otherwise very bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Further scans, images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 83 pages; 1st edition, 1st printing. With ""baker"" not ""butcher"" on p.83. With one page of advertisements at back. Physical description: xi, [3], [3]-83 p. : illus., frontis., plates ; 18.5 cm. Genre: Poetry - Juvenile literature - English - 19th century.
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
- MW Books Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220881
- Title
- The hunting of the snark : an agony, in eight fits / By Lewis Carroll... with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday
- Author
- Carroll, Lewis (1832-1898)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Macmillan and Co.
- Date Published
- 1876
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MW Books Ltd.
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- Rebacked
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- Rubbing
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