DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll). The Hunting of the Snark. (FIRST EDITION - PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY - 1876)

AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles L. (Lewis Carroll)

TITLE: The Hunting of the Snark.

PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1876.

DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION, PRE-PUBLICATION PRESENTATION COPY. 1 vol., illustrated by Henry Holiday, inscribed in black ink on the half-title "James Hessey from the Author. Mar. 19. 1876". Bound in the publisher's special pre-publication binding of red cloth, all edges gilt, 'Burn' binders ticket to rear pastedown.

CONDITION: Spine relined, inner hinges renewed, back corners rubbed, general overall handling,  not as bad as it may sound, still a GOOD copy.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pencil note to half-title stating "Given to Gillian in 1952 by her grandfather, James Dodgson Hessey, son of James Hessey above." The Rev. James Augustus Hessey (1814-1892) was Headmaster and Church of England Clergyman, was born in London, and was the son of a bookseller and printer.