The Hunting of the Snark: an agony in eight fitsAuthor: Lewis Carroll, Ralph SteadTitle: The Hunting of the Snark: an agony in eight fitsPublication: Michael DempseyEdition: FIRST EDITIONDescription: First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Michael Dempsey, 1975. Quarto. Hardcover. Signed and dated by Stead on title page (dated 25-11-75). Book is very good with small mark on top page ends. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf/edgewear. Scarce signed copy of this compelling art title. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller ID: 363175Subject: Art We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was a man of diverse interests - in mathematics, logic, photography, art, theater, religion, medicine, and science. He was happiest in the company of children for whom he created puzzles, clever games, and charming letters.
As all Carroll admirers know, his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), became an immediate success and has since been translated into more than eighty languages. The equally popular sequel Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, was published in 1872.
The Alice books are but one example of his wide ranging authorship. The Hunting of the Snark, a classic nonsense epic (1876) and Euclid and His Modern Rivals, a rare example of humorous work concerning mathematics, still entice and intrigue today's students. Sylvie and Bruno, published toward the end of his life contains startling ideas including an 1889 description of weightlessness.
The humor, sparkling wit and genius of this Victorian Englishman have lasted for more than a century. His books are among the most quoted works in the English language, and his influence (with that of his illustrator, Sir John Tenniel) can be seen everywhere, from the world of advertising to that of atomic physics.