The Hunting of The Snark - An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.

Language: English

Published by London, MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1916

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Seller: Inanna Rare Books Ltd., Skibbereen, Cork, IrelandInanna Rare Books Ltd.

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10.5 cm x 15,5 cm. XII, 83 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with clear signs of external wear. Upper hinge bumped. The name J.J. Pitcairn discreetly stamped on pastedown cover and on title page. Minor discolouring of pages, mostly on pastedowns. One of Carrolls beloved 'nonsense' poems bound into a pocket sized publication from the early 20th century. The Hunting of the Snark was published by Macmillan in the United Kingdom in late March 1876, with illustrations by Henry Holiday. It had mixed reviews from reviewers who found it strange. The first printing of The Hunting of the Snark consisted of 10,000 copies. There were two reprintings by the conclusion of the year; in total, the poem was reprinted 17 times between 1876 and 1908. Carroll often denied knowing the meaning behind the poem; however, in an 1896 reply to one letter, he agreed with one interpretation of the poem as an allegory for the search for happiness. Scholars have found various meanings in the poem, among them existential angst, an allegory for tuberculosis, and a mockery of the Tichborne case. The Hunting of the Snark has been alluded to in various works and has been adapted for musicals, opera, plays, and music. (Wikipedia).…

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Title
The Hunting of The Snark - An Agony in Eight Fits. With Nine Illustrations by Henry Holiday.
Author
Carroll, Lewis.
Publisher
London, MacMillan and Co., Ltd.
Publication year
1916
Condition
Gut
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

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