annotated hunting snark definitive edition von carroll lewis edited preface notes (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition thus, first printing. First printing number code sequence 1 through 0 to the copyright page. A high-quality book production, with annotations in printed burgundy to the lower pages, the compete original epic verse text, the original full-plate illustrations by Henry Holiday, and a descriptive bibliography of Snark publications by Selwyn H. Goodacre. Fascinating gift item. Fine and very tight in textured cream boards with silver embossed Harry Furness portrait art of Carroll and decorative borders to the front cover, silver embossed titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band, cream-pumpkin hued end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $27.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo, 9.5 X 7.5; 152 pages; plus two prefaces, introduction, explanatory text, and preliminaries.