THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK: AN AGONY IN EIGHT FITS
London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First Edition. Item #7317
First Impression, with "Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, line 6. Octavo (18.75cm); publisher's original buff cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and covers; all edges gilt; [ix],x-xiv,83,[84-85]pp + 1p.ad; illus. Hint of sunning to spine, some trivial wear to spine ends and corner tips, with a small, old glue spot to upper front endpaper; contents fresh; Near Fine, lacking the rare dustjacket.
A well-preserved copy of Carroll's wildly popular nonsense poem, drawing language and characters from his earlier poem "Jabberwocky." "A comic narrative in verse in which ten would-be heroes go in quest of the legendary Snark, the difficulties of finding it compounded by the possibility that it might turn out to be a Boojum" (Barron, Fantasy Literature 2-24). Williams 31.
Price: $1,250.00