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The Hunting of the Snark and Other Nonsense Verse

Lewis Carroll

First published 1952
Publisher Peter Pauper Press
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 91
Price $2.00

Most of the few WorldCat records for 1952 and 197- editions use headings The hunting of the snark[:] with other nonsense verse from Alice in Wonderland, Through the looking-glass[,] and Sylvia and Bruno (punctuation varies).

  • 1st ed., 1st printing apparently
  • Year not stated --inferred from library records (LCCN and OCLC, below) as "[1952]"
  • Contents by Carroll, with page numbers, copied from the verified record of apparent reprint (see).
  • Price from listing in publisher advertisement "For Christmas" NY Times 1952-10-26 pBR13, one of more than 100 listings. This one and most others are under the heading "Collectors' and Gift Editions", "... comes with a slipcase ...", all at $2.00:   11. Carroll: Hunting of the Snark   and Others. Illus. by Watson. $2.00 Listed 1953-54-55 in three updated versions of the same advertisement, under "Collectors' and Gift Editions, $2.50 each", as number 14. No earlier hit found 2018-04-05 in automated search ('peter pauper' snark) of multiple newspapers. This does not confirm but does support year 1952.