Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll, Mervyn Peake, First Edition (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1964 1st edition 6th impression thus. Yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine. With b/w illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Condition: Very good. Minor edgewear. Spine slightly darkened. Initials to ffep. Scattered foxing, mainly to start and end. Some dirty marks to pages. Size: 7.5x4.5cm. 45pp. Weight: 105g.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4th printing of this illustrated edition, 44 pages. Yellow pictorial dust jacket over yellow cloth. Black and white illustrations. 2 small tears to corners of unclipped DJ, some edge wear and light staining to DJ, gift inscription to fep, clean, bright and tight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1953 1st edition 4th impression thus. Yellow cloth, gilt titles to spine. With b/w illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Condition: Very good. Cloth grubby. Spine darkened. Initials to ffep. Internally bright and clean. Size: 7.5x4.5cm. 45pp. Weight: 110g.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 1st Edition. British edition, second printing (first printing was 1941), 1942. No jacket. A Zodiac book (first series). Illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Yellow boards with black lettering to spine and front and design in black to front are only good with a little pushing/bumping to corners, numerous marks, minor foxing, a little patchy browning (including to spine), the odd small bump/rub to edges and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping/little fraying to the cloth) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page bottoms. Pages bit tanned. Odd small mark/spots of foxing to page edges, tops and bottoms. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Card Covers. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First Edition. Second imp. A Zodiac book. Lightly rubbed, closed edges and endpapers foxed, else clean and tidy Size: 8vo.

First Zodiac edition hard back binding in publisher's original black and yellow illustrated paper covered boards. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains (ix), 46 pp with splendid monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. CARROLL, Lewis (1832-1898).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Slim hard cover with black lettering and decorative figures on yellow paper boards, with minor wear to spine ends and some minor darkening of edges. Inscription dated 1942 inside front cover with some spotting of the 46 pages which are extensively illustrated by Mervyn Peake. Published in 1942 this 1st edition 2nd impression is in good to very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1948 1st edition 1st impression thus. Yellow /black pictorial boards. With b/w illustrations by Mervyn Peake. Condition: Fair. Spine strip detaching, lacking bottom section. Internally bright and clean. Size: 7.5x4.5cm. 46pp. Weight: 80g.

Original Soft Red Cloth, Gilt. Condition: See Description. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). First Thus. 46 pages, illustrated in black and white. Decorated title-page and fifteen other illustrations, five full-page. Dedication on front free endpaper ' To Brian Fothergill, in token of a firm friendship,/ from Stephen Jenkins.' This is followed by a verse from The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace imitated by Mr. A. Pope - see the second picture for complete inscription. Brian Fothergill (1921 - 1990) was a biographer who had a particular empathy for those on the margins of history. Hb, no dw, in original soft red cloth, gilt titling to spine, now darkened to a point where it not easy to read. Small fragment of cloth at top of spine is partially detached, otherwise a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Mervyn Peake (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Hardbound, no dust jacket. 1st edition thus with Mervyn Peake illustrations. Part of backstrip missing. Wear & soiling to edges & corners of dust jacket, offsetting to end pages, otherwise good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. ix, [1], 11-44, [2] p. 22 cm. B&w illustrations. Pink cloth in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Some soiling and chips to jacket. Also some soiling to inside, especially to p. 17, the last page of text, and rear endpapers. Tiny tear in bottom of p. 37. First published in 1876, this fanciful eight-canto poem describes the sea voyage of a bellman, boots, bonnet maker, barrister, broker, billiard marker, banker, beaver, baker, and butcher on a search for the elusive snark. Here the epic is illustrated by Mervyn Peake, who is said to have been paid only £ 5 for his work. If so, it seems a pity, for Peake's goofy pictures are the perfect accompaniment to Carroll's nonsense. First Edition with illustrations by Peake.

First edition thus. Illustrated. Ownership signature to upper corner of free endpaper, else a very good copy in lightly worn and slightly soiled pictorial jacket, slightly faded at spine.