The Hunting of the Snark an Agony, in Eight fits CARROLL Lewis [ie DODGSON Charles Lutwidge] 1832-1898 Publisher: Macmillan and Co. Publish Year: 1876 Publish Place: London : Illustrator: HOLIDAY Henry 1839-1927 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 008398 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £525 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Carroll's Nonsense Poem First edition, in the publishers original buff pictorial cloth, titles in black, corners worn. Re-spined, old laid down, black ink titles. Internally, black endpapers, half title, B&W frontis, title, [9], (x-xi), [3], [3], 4-83 pp, [1] printers, [1], [1] adverts, 9 B&W full page illustrations by Holiday, a.e.g., some faint edge browning & the occasional spot, contemporary bookseller label to fpd (R THornton Dale) & another to epd (Frank Murray). Probably initially published 1st April 1876, 10,000 copies. (182*124 mm) (Madan p89/92 115. 89. Williams p43. 86/91. A63 A.63.a. Lovett p86/90. A63) The Hunting of the Snark is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll in 1874, when he was 42 years old. It describes 'with infinite humor the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature'.
