MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper 1851. 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dark orange-salmon endpapers, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, some wear at edges, rear inner hinge tender, the foxing to text less than usual; half morocco slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Binding, following the English edition by a month and with some thirty-five passages not present in the English. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60. | Christie's

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MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper 1851. 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dark orange-salmon endpapers, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, some wear at edges, rear inner hinge tender, the foxing to text less than usual; half morocco slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Binding, following the English edition by a month and with some thirty-five passages not present in the English. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60.

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MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper 1851. 8vo, original dark brown cloth, dark orange-salmon endpapers, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, some wear at edges, rear inner hinge tender, the foxing to text less than usual; half morocco slipcase. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, First Binding, following the English edition by a month and with some thirty-five passages not present in the English. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60.

Provenance: Contemporary signature of Sam L. Penfield on front free endpaper and title-page.