"The brilliant, venturesome imagination...the audacity of creative fancy, and the delicacy of insight; these are rare gifts and surely they were his." - sermon on Lewis Carroll in the weeks after his death
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was born in 1832 but is better known by his alias Lewis Carroll. He studied at Oxford and remained there as a scholar and tutor. His Alice books are considered seminal works in the field of children's literature. He died in 1898.
JL Carr has prepared an abridged version of The Hunting of the Snark in this Pocket Book.
Unfortuntely, the binding staples have rusted in this edition and affected the centre page (see the 3rd image in the gallery); the remainder of the publication is undamaged.
Lewis Carroll - Seconds
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Pocket-sized at 13 x 9.5cm (5 x 3.5" in old money) and comprising 16 pages with a firm card cover. This little volume is just one in the series of Carr's Pocket Books; they hover between a greeting and a present and make a lasting alternative to a birthday card. In cold bedrooms, only one hand need suffer exposure. A distinguished novelist recommends them for reading in the bath and an ambassador claims they can be palmed from the cuff during tedious speeches or profitless sermons.Delivery Information
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- ‘Very Good’ - spine intact, minor scuffs to cover/dust jacket.
- ‘Good’ - spine intact, creased and/or discoloured cover/dust jacket, minor yellowing of the pages.
Reviews
Illustrations less appealing to me than others in the Pocket Book range. Still, a pleasing item.