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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits

Henry Holiday

First published 1876
Type Interior Art

  • 9 drawings by Holiday Engraved by Swain (Joseph Swain, or his business) --from WorldCat records, presumably in turn from signatures At least two are legibly signed by Holiday "hh"; most show a legible Swain signature such as "SWAINSC", "SWAIN s", "SWAIN &c"
  • The 1883 collection (1st ed., apparent 1st printing, viewed at HathiTrust) states: • "With sixty-five illustrations by Arthur B. Frost and nine by Henry Holiday" --title page • "[Other poems] have all appeared before, as have also the illustrations to The Hunting of the Snark." --untitled note, p.[ix] Examination shows that the 9 credited illustrations by Holiday are all and only the previous published illustrations of The Hunting.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1876 Cover The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits Macmillan and Co. Chapbook
April 1876 Cover The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits Macmillan and Co. Chapbook
1962 Cover The Annotated Snark Bramhall House Chapbook |35.2
September 1962 Cover The Annotated Snark Simon & Schuster Chapbook |35.2
1967 Cover The Annotated Snark Penguin Books Chapbook
1987 Cover The Annotated Snark Penguin Books Chapbook
2006 Cover The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: The Definitive Edition W. W. Norton & Company Collection
November 2012 Cover The Illustrated Lewis Carroll Collection Benediction Classics Omnibus |581