THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK. An Agony, in Eight Fits.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth illustrated in black to the upper and lower boards, titles in black to the spine. All edges gilt. With a tissue guarded frontispiece and eight further illustrations by Henry Holiday. With the 'An Easter Greeting to Ever Child Who Loves "Alice"' booklet tipped in at the front. A very good copy, the binding firm with some fraying at the spine tips, the cloth toned, primarily at the spine and board edges. The contents are entirely complete and without loose or torn pages. The contents, with some spotting to the early and late pages, infrequent marks to a few margins, and a contemporary inscription to the flyleaf, are otherwise clean.

The first state of text with "Baker" instead of "Butcher" on page 83. A nonsense poem that borrows several concepts from Carroll's poem 'The Jabberwocky' from his novel 'Through the Looking-Glass' (1871), the sequel to 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865).