The Annotated Snark: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Great Nonesense Epic The Hunting of the Snark with the Original Illustrations by Henry Holiday

New York, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Holiday, Henry. Editor Martin Gardner (who annotated Carroll's "Alice" books) here offers his own "startling 20th-century interpretation" of "The Hunting of the Snark,'' a "delightful excursion into the mysteries of the creative imagination." In 111 pages with decorative endpapers & all internal lithographed illustrations by Henry Holiday, as originally published in the 1874 edition of the poem. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1962, this hardcover small quarto (6" x 10.25") has quarter tan cloth lettered in dark brown to spine with paper covered boards stamped in gilt to front. Condition is VG+: very clean & bright with a few smudges to spine & rear, very mild corner bumping. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with just a whisper of tanning to edges, but completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is just Good: largely complete, with significant chips to front & back top edges & smaller ones to all corners & along spine; looks lovely under the protection of a new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.