The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll [ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS EDITION] U.K. 2010 • Folio Society

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll introduced by Michael Rosen with illustrations by Jeffrey Fisher

ILLUSTRATED U.K. COLLECTOR'S EDITION [2010] THE FOLIO SOCIETY 

Beautiful limited edition hardcover with full colour abstract inspired illustrations by Jeffrey Fisher.   Does not include original slipcase.

Large hardcover with pictorial boards in beautiful condition.   Near mint w/ short gift inscription on front endpaper. 

'They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway share; They charmed it with smiles and soap'.

Ever since Lewis Carroll's nonsense epic appeared in 1876, readers have joined his ten-man Snark-hunting crew and pursued the search with great enthusiasm. What are they hunting for? What is the Snark? Numerous theories have been proposed. Carroll himself provides a helpful preface to the poem and is recorded as having explained to one 'In answer to your question, 'What did you mean the Snark was?' will you tell your friend that I meant that the Snark was a Boojum. I trust that she and you will now feel quite satisfied and happy'.

The poem’s meaning, like the Snark itself, may elude us, but the effect is one of pure delight. In this new Folio Society edition, illustrations by Jeffrey Fisher capture the poem’s surreal brilliance, and a new introduction by Michael Rosen explains why ‘Your Snark, or Jabberwock or Pobble is unlikely to look like mi