Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 267
The Hunting of the Snark.
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (?Lewis Carroll?). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan, 1876. First edition. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, a.e.g., binder?s ticket from Burn & Co. affixed to rear pastedown. Nine illustrations by Henry Holiday including frontispiece. 12mo. Includes half title + 1 pp. ad. at rear. Covers darkened with occasional rubbing mostly at spine ends; slightly cocked, front cover starting; contents unusually clean. [Together with:] The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll (Harper & Brothers, 1903; first Newell edition; original white parchment boards stamped in gilt; illustrated by Peter Newell). Williams 31; WMGC 115. One of several variant colors of cloth ordered by Carroll, approximately 100 of which were bound in red.
