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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (“Lewis Carroll”). The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan, 1876. First edition. Original pictorial red cloth stamped in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, a.e.g., binder’s ticket from Burn & Co. affixed to rear pastedown. Nine illustrations by Henry Holiday including frontispiece. 12mo. Includes half title + 1 pp. ad. at rear. Covers darkened with occasional rubbing mostly at spine ends; slightly cocked, front cover starting; contents unusually clean. [Together with:] The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll (Harper & Brothers, 1903; first Newell edition; original white parchment boards stamped in gilt; illustrated by Peter Newell). Williams 31; WMGC 115. One of several variant colors of cloth ordered by Carroll, approximately 100 of which were bound in red.