The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits) 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". The poem borrows occasionally from Carroll's short poem Jabberwocky in Through the Looking-Glass (especially the poem's creatures and portmanteau words), but it is a stand-alone work, first published in 1876 by Macmillan
Frontispiece and full-page plates (printed on one side only) have protective guard sheets and are included in pagination
Publisher's advertisements, including "Forty-ninth thousand" Alice's adventures in Wonderland, on page [3] at end
The instruction, "[Turn over." appears on page [2] at end
Includes half-title page and table of contents
Fit the first : the landing -- Fit the second : the bellman's speech -- Fit the third : the baker's tale -- Fit the fourth : the hunting -- Fit the fifth : the beaver's lesson -- Fit the sixth : the barrister's dream -- Fit the seventh : the banker's fate -- Fit the eighth : the vanishing
Bound in pictorial, white cloth, embossed and stamped in black; clay end papers are black; all edges gilt
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Copy B collated 19971118
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2009-02-10 17:34:16
Associated-names
Holiday, Henry, 1839-1927, illustrator; Macmillan & Co., publisher; R. Clay, Sons, and Taylor, printer