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The Hunting of the Snark.

CARROLL, Lewis.

  • Published: 1876 , London: Macmillan and Co.,
London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876. First edition, attractively bound. The poem "describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature. It has been called the 'Odyssey of the Nonsensical'... The poem is marked off from the two Alice books by not being written primarily for children" (The Lewis Carroll Handbook). Octavo (183 x 121 mm). Bound in recent full blue morocco, spine with raised bands, lettering to spine in gilt, buff endpapers. With the original covers bound in at the front and rear. Frontispiece and 8 illustrations by Henry Holiday, together with an 'Ocean-Chart'. Occasional foxing, slight crease to half-title: a near-fine copy. Williams, Madan, Green & Crutch 115.

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Peter Harrington

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Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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