DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll")
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DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll") (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.
8vo (180 x 120 mm). Half-title, 9 plates by Henry Holiday, 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. (Title slightly soiled, a few scant spots.) Original publisher's buff cloth stamped in black, edges gilt (hinges starting, spine ends slightly rubbed). Provenance: Norah D Corben Lowe (signature, 1927).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Dodgson's poem, which "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature"(Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch p.85). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 115.
8vo (180 x 120 mm). Half-title, 9 plates by Henry Holiday, 1p. publisher's advertisement at end. (Title slightly soiled, a few scant spots.) Original publisher's buff cloth stamped in black, edges gilt (hinges starting, spine ends slightly rubbed). Provenance: Norah D Corben Lowe (signature, 1927).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Dodgson's poem, which "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature"(Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch p.85). Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch, 115.
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