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The Hunting of the Snark is a poem typically categorized as a nonsense poem. Written from 1874 to 1876, the poem borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his children's novel Through the Looking Glass (1871). Henry Holiday, the illustrator of the poem, thought of it as a "tragedy". The plot follows a crew of ten trying to hunt the Snark, an animal which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. The only one of the crew to find the Snark quickly vanishes, leading the narrator to explain that it was a Boojum after all.
Title: The Hunting of the Snark
Author: Lewis Carroll (Illustrated by Quentin Blake)
Publisher: The Folio Society, London. 1978.
Hardcover. Second impression. Collectable Folio Society edition. Comes with slip box-cover - good condition. Outer covers of book show no wear or rubbing - excellent condition. Binding tight. Inners clean, intact - excellent condition.
Overall condition: Fine / Excellent
