Lot 63
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, with original printed dust-jacket, 1876.
Hammer Price: £6,500
Description
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, 9 illustrations by Henry Holiday, 1p. advertisements, light offsetting, book labels to pastedown, original light tan pictorial cloth, near-fine, original printed dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light toning to panels but a remarkably sharp and excellent example overall, g.e., preserved in custom folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, 1876.
⁂ A superb example in the excessively rare dust-jacket, we know of only a handful of copies, this dust-jacket may also have been the first to carry advertisements and review blurbs, a practice continued until the present day.
Description
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) The Hunting of the Snark, first edition, 9 illustrations by Henry Holiday, 1p. advertisements, light offsetting, book labels to pastedown, original light tan pictorial cloth, near-fine, original printed dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light toning to panels but a remarkably sharp and excellent example overall, g.e., preserved in custom folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case, 8vo, 1876.
⁂ A superb example in the excessively rare dust-jacket, we know of only a handful of copies, this dust-jacket may also have been the first to carry advertisements and review blurbs, a practice continued until the present day.
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