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  “It’s a Snark! was the sound that first came to their ears, And seemed almost too good to be true": Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark; in the scarce original dust jacket, of which only a few are known to exist

  CARROLL, Lewis. [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson].

  The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits.

  London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.

  First edition of Carroll's whimsical nonsense poem. Octavo, original publisher's decorated cloth, all edges gilt, with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday. Near fine in the scarce original dust jacket. The jacket is complete with the top third of the front panel bent behind, hence the different shade of color. Copies of the first edition of Hunting of the Snark in the dust jacket of the utmost scarcity, with no more than a handful of copies known.

  Price: $22,500.00     Item Number: 130492

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