Lot 124 , Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge - The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, 1st issue, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with 9 plates

Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge - The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, 1st issue, 8vo, original pictorial cloth, illustrated with 9 plates by Henry Holiday, with "baker" not "butcher" on page 83, MacMillan & Co, London, 1876
Estimate £120-160

Spine darkened, tear to cloth front cover outer hinge (lower) and tear to 3 inch top inner front hinge. Owner's inscription front fly leaf, in black ink "Grace E. Chance, 1876". Fan leaf gathering from Preface three quarters loose, minor spotting throughout.


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Sold for £150