The Hunting of The Snark

Lewis Carroll

Published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1876

Condition: Good Plus Hardcover

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The 1876 first edition, one of 100 'deluxe' copies in red cloth gilt, as requested by Lewis Carroll for presentation purposes, here uninscribed. 9 full-page black & white illustrations. Front end-papers split at inner hinges, rear starting. Minor edge-wear, moderate to head & tail of spine with chips of loss & 1.5cm split to top rear outer hinge. Gilt decoration to boards & spine reasonably bright, binding otherwise sound, if very slightly skewed. Some browning / handling marks to first & last few leaves & occasionally within; generally clean. Burn & Co binders label to rear pastedown. 18.8cm tall, collected complete. Seller Inventory # VICAREFUL722

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Title: The Hunting of The Snark

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London

Publication Date: 1876

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Henry Holiday

Condition: Good Plus

Edition: 1st Edition

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