Search Results: the hunting of the snark an by carroll lewis illus

Zodiac / Lighthouse Books 1948. LACKS D/W, sm octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

London: Methuen & Co, 1999. 1st thus. h/b. Very good, 1st thus edition with Mervyn Peake illustrations. Clipped d/j (some browning on spine), maroon clothboards, silver spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked. Donor's inscription on ffep. . 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) is usually thought of as a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll in 1874, when he was already 42 years old and after the death of his godson had shattered his religious beliefs thoroughly. It actually is a fantastical epic tale recounting the adventures of a bizarre troupe of nine tradesmen and a beaver on their search for the Snark, a mysterious creature living in the seas.

London: Folio Society, 1978. hbk in slipcase unpaginated slipcase is a bit grubby and shelfworn excellent crisp decorated boards prev ownerÕs name on the title page and two ink drawings on the first front flyleaf otherwise a very good clean tight copy of a scarce Folio Society issue

Boston:: James R. Osgood,, 1876.. First US edition.. publisher's illustrated boards, neatly rebacked retaining the original spine and endpapers.. Old ink ownership signature; a few very light stains to text; binding quite worn and rebacked as noted retaining original spine.. 16mo,. With nine illustrations by Henry Holiday..

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.