{"product_id":"1883-rare-1sted-rhyme-and-reason-the-hunting-of-the-snark-by-lewis-carroll","title":"1883 Rare 1stED - Rhyme? And Reason?, The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wonderfully whimsical Victorian first edition where Lewis Carroll’s imagination dances between nonsense, satire, and dreamlike fantasy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"11\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Arthur Burdett Frost and Henry Holiday.\u003cbr data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"84\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"94\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"115\"\u003eRhyme? And Reason?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"118\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"132\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition.\u003cbr data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"183\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"196\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"216\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"216\" data-end=\"225\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5 x 5 inches.\u003cbr data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"244\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"244\" data-end=\"254\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e xii, 214 pages + publisher’s advertisements.\u003cbr data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"302\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original publisher’s green cloth binding decoratively stamped in gilt on the boards and spine, featuring charming central medallions designed after characters from the text. Light fading and gentle rubbing to the spine and extremities, with minor wear to corners, yet a handsome and well-preserved Victorian binding overall. All edges tinted yellow. Protected in a removable mylar cover.\u003cbr data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"715\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content (tight, clean, and complete, with light occasional foxing and age toning as shown). A highly presentable copy with no major defects or markings observed.\u003cbr data-start=\"899\" data-end=\"902\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"920\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated with sixty-five illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday, including numerous whimsical and finely detailed full-page and in-text illustrations throughout. Complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1142\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1122\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e (USD $350–500).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1525\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1157\"\u003eThe book: \u003c\/strong\u003eA delightful first edition of Lewis Carroll’s \u003cem data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1226\"\u003eRhyme? And Reason?\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the author’s most charming and imaginative later works. Published in 1883, the volume gathers together a remarkable assortment of poems, comic verses, literary parodies, and nonsense pieces, including the celebrated \u003cem data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1467\"\u003ePhantasmagoria\u003c\/em\u003e and the beloved masterpiece \u003cem data-start=\"1496\" data-end=\"1522\"\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1950\"\u003eThis Macmillan first edition is especially admired for its elegant minimalist green cloth binding and its rich illustrative program by Arthur B. Frost and Henry Holiday. Frost’s lively comic illustrations perfectly complement Carroll’s playful absurdity and linguistic inventiveness, while Holiday — famed for illustrating \u003cem data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1876\"\u003eThe Hunting of the Snark\u003c\/em\u003e — contributes illustrations of exceptional Victorian fantasy character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2602\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2165\" data-end=\"2180\"\u003eThe author: \u003c\/strong\u003eLewis Carroll (1832–1898), the pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was one of the most influential writers of Victorian literature. A mathematician, logician, photographer, and master of literary nonsense, Carroll achieved immortality through works such as \u003cem data-start=\"2442\" data-end=\"2476\"\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"2481\" data-end=\"2508\"\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/em\u003e. His writings continue to inspire readers, artists, philosophers, and collectors worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2604\" data-end=\"2881\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2604\" data-end=\"2625\"\u003eThe illustrators: \u003c\/strong\u003eArthur Burdett Frost (1851–1928) was among the leading American illustrators of the late nineteenth century, celebrated for his humorous and highly animated pen-and-ink drawings. His work brought extraordinary vitality to Carroll’s whimsical universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2883\" data-end=\"3217\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eHenry Holiday (1839–1927) was a distinguished English painter, stained-glass designer, and illustrator closely associated with the Pre-Raphaelite circle. 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