DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”) (1832-1898). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.

8vo. Half-title, 9 plates by Henry Holiday; 1p. publisher’s advertisement at end. (Intermittent spotting.) Modern black morocco gilt; original covers retained and mounted on pastedowns.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with "Baker" for "Banker" on p. 83, of Dodgson’s poem, which “describes with infinite humour the impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an inconceivable creature” (Williams, Madan, Green and Crutch 115).