Books

Title page, limitation page, and 6 etched plates interleaved with archival tissue in black cloth portfolio. 32x47 cm (12x18"). No. 17 of 65 copies. First Edition. Title page and each plate signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Superb limited edition suite of Steadman's etchings, which were reproduced as illustrations in the 1975 Studio Vista edition of Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. Etchings printed on 140 lbs. J. Green Mould made rag paper.

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.