The Hunting of the Snark
by Lewis Carroll
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Macmillan, 1911. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustjacket has minimal chipping to head and tail of spine and corners.. Reprint. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Henry Holiday. 4" x 6.5". Hardback.
Synopsis
If-and the thing is wildly possible-the charge of writing nonsense were ever brought against the author of this brief but instructive poem, it would be based, I feel convinced, on the line (in p.4)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bosco Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050664
- Title
- The Hunting of the Snark
- Author
- Lewis Carroll
- Illustrator
- Henry Holiday
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 4" x 6.5"
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Children's;
Terms of Sale
Bosco Books
Full refund on any book returned. Please notify within seven days.
About the Seller
Bosco Books
Biblio member since 2005
Looe, Cornwall, Aberdeen
About Bosco Books
Bookshop in converted Chapel in Cornish fishing port. We also stock old maps, prints and original paintings by local artists.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.