The Hunting of the Snark; an Agony in Eight Fits

London: Macmilland and Co, 1876. First Edition. Small Octavo in Fours. First Issue, with "Baker" rather than "Butcher". 83 pp., (1) pp. publisher's ad, illustrated with nine illustrations by Henry Holiday.original covers bound in after ad. The popular poem of about a crew of ten attempting find the Snark, an animal which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. A lovely copy bound by Kelligram (signed binding) in full green morocco centrally decorated with onlays of red, brown, blue and red moroccoof a charature from the book hodling onto the ships railing framed in a floral gilt, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, inner gilt decortive turn-ins, (truncated) brown cloth end sheets, all edges gilt, binding signed in gilt on front and rear turn-ins(front Brentanos and rear Kelligram). (Inventory #: 023631)