Title: The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony, in Eight Fits
Author: Carroll, Lewis
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.The pictorial cloth covers depict Bellman on the yard-arm of a ship, and a storm-tossed buoy, after the fanciful drawings of Holiday. Bookplate of Josephine Sullivan.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
Date Published: 1876
Author: Carroll, Lewis
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.The pictorial cloth covers depict Bellman on the yard-arm of a ship, and a storm-tossed buoy, after the fanciful drawings of Holiday. Bookplate of Josephine Sullivan.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
Date Published: 1876
Condition report
Light edge wear and rubbing, slight lean; occasional finger-soiling; still a near fine copy.
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Beat, Bukowski, Sci-Fi, Modern Lit
1:00 PM PT - Apr 3rd, 2008
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