INVENTORY #157068
The Hunting of the Snark: an Agony, in Eight fits.
CARROLL, Lewis; HOLIDAY, Henry (illus.)
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In this poem, Carroll returns to the setting of Jaberwocky, the nonsense poem published as part of Through the Looking Glass in 1872. "Snark" tells the story of ten sailors, each of whom have a name starting with the letter B, searching for a frightening creature known as the "snark" which they fear may be an especially dangerous sort known as a "boojum." Like Jabberwocky, this poem is filled with fantastical adventures, impossible scenarios, and the kind of gibberish words Carroll was so adept at inventing. Taylor 382.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Macmillan
- Edition: "First Edition, First Printing with "baker" on p. 83 and a single leaf of publisher's ads"
- Date Published: 1876
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
83 p., interspersed with plates. 19 cm. 9 b&w illustrations. Tan cloth with black print. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. Corners bumped. Tiny label on front pastedown. Ink signature on half title. Some foxing and staining.