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The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: Available Copies

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

William Kaufmann Inc. 1981 4to. red cloth boards. text block crisp. no jacket. two scrape marks to back cover

Minimal signs of wear.

Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

83 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Signed by previous owner.

Photo actual book.The full text of Lewis Carroll's Great nonsense epic.The Hunting of the Snark.and original illustrations by Henry Holiday. accept pay pal.

Bramhall House, New York, 1962. Hardcover. 111pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Beige cloth-effect paper over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine, and small black decorative embellishments on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endsheets. NEAR FINE. In a very good dust jacket, with light soiling. Browned at the spine and along the folds. front and back free endpapers slightly browned, otherwisde clean and unmarked

Reprint Edition. Full cloth binding. Endpapers slightly toned. Prior owner's name and address ink-stamped on front flyleaf. 111pp. Dus jacket is lightly rubbed and soiled, offered now in a new mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall

clean, unmarked copy.

Tan 1/4 cloth, brown paper-covered boards, spine panel lettered in brown. Covers slightly faded along bottom edge and to upper portions of covers, with minor exposure to bottom corners, otherwise as issued. Dust jacket tanned with loss to both spine extremities and top rear panel corner, a few short closed tears, price-clipped front flap, now in mylar. 1st ptg. 111 pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

William Kaufmann Inc. 1981 4to. 129 pages. black cloth boards. text block crisp. clean, tight copy.

Envoi rapide assez bon état tranches fânées intérieur propre bonne tenue. 12 7x0 762x19 304cm. 1974. Broché. 128 pages. Fair

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards and dust jacket show scuffing and signs of wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

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Penguin paperback 1st edition 1967. A very good clean copy, clean throughout with no inscriptions. Posted next working day from the U/K Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng

Lewis Carroll, Penguin Books. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Annotated Snark: The Hunting Of The Snark presents Lewis Carroll's celebrated nonsense poem, chronicling the absurd voyage of a motley crew in pursuit of the enigmatic Snark. This whimsical masterpiece illustrates Carroll's unparalleled genius for wordplay and logic, weaving a narrative filled with peculiar characters and bewildering events. The accompanying annotations illuminate the poem's intricate layers of humor, literary allusions, and potential philosophical undercurrents, offering readers a deeper appreciation of its enduring charm. It details the poem's historical context and critical reception, providing invaluable insights into one of English literature's most beloved and perplexing works. This edition argues for the poem's continued relevance, inviting both new and seasoned readers to unravel its delightful mysteries and revel in its unique brand of imaginative storytelling.

pp. 111. Slim 8vo. Publisher's quarter tan cloth over like boards, maroon lettering to the spine, illustrated endpapers. Charming black-and-white in-text drawings, and illustrations throughout, attributed by Henry Holiday. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in very good lightly shelfworn, price-clipped, dustjacket showing small loss to the upper-left margin of the front panel (dustjacket now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+.

Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned. Dust jacket is in good condition with moderate wear, small tears and chips present. Pictures available upon request. dw.

126 páginas.con ilustraciones de Henry Holiday. 8vo., rústica

A Review Copy, with a 5 page prospectus and a 3 page letter from William Kaufman 'Special Memorndum to Reviewers' laid in loose. Illustrated by Henry Holliday; Annotated by Martin Gardner. 'The Designs of the Snark' by Charles Mitchell. Bibliography by Selwyn Goodacre. Edited by Jamis Tanis and John Dooley. This was William Matchett's copy as the reviewer and editor of the Modern Language Quarterly, with his signature and date to the top of the half title. 296pp., in red printed cardstock wrappers. Slight sunning to the spine, else Near Fine.

Fine/Near fine (1" round minor light stain on dust jacket-insconspicuous). In Mylar cover. Out of print. Binding is cloth boards.

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 112 pages. Light wear and small tears to dust jacket. Black and white illustrations by Henry Holiday. Keywords: Anootations, Literary comments, Henry Holiday, Alice in Wonderland, Humor, Mad Quest, Literary criticsim, Tongue-In-cheek