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1st Edition, 1st Printing with "Baker" for "Butcher" on p83. 12.3 x 18.7 cm cream cloth with black stamped tiles and decoration to the boards and spine. All edges gilt, black endpapers [vi]83[3]pp including final page of author's works. With 8 full page tissue-guarded illustrations including frontispiece and blank Ocean Chart. Light dust marking to the boards with a touch of cockling, tiny bruises to the corners on the front boards and just a hint of pushing to the spine tips. Internally there is a bookplate for Sir Charles Philip Huntington on the pastedown, a couple of tiny handling marks and a small label at the foot of the rear pastedown but otherwise the book is clean and bright. A very nice copy. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

The Hunting of the Snark (An Agony in Eight Fits) is a poem written by English writer Lewis Carroll. It is a nonsensical poem that follows a crew of characters setting out to hunt a Snark, a creature which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. The poem explores themes of quest and the absurdity accompanying it, written typically in Carroll's whimsical style.