The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

Carroll, Lewis; illustrated by Baryy Moser

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983

About this Item

An attractive edition of Carroll's poem, illustrated from woodcuts by Moser. This is the trade edition; there was a 350-copy signed, numbered issue from the Lewis Carroll Society and a 100-copy issue from Moser's Pennyroyal Press, which included original woodblock prints. 45 pages. Five full-page illustrations and four vignettes. 8-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches. Bound in plain white paper wrappers with a blind embossed blue dust jacket. First trade edition (first printing, with no additional printings noted). A very near fine copy in a like dust jacket. This copy is signed by Moser on the colophon. The trade issue is uncommon signed.

Seller Inventory # 365409

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 1983
• Binding: Trade paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • POETRY