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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper and Bros, 1851.
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MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper and Bros, 1851.
The first American edition. The A. Edward Newton copy. Moby-Dick is “a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling” (DAB). The American edition followed the English by a month and contains some thirty-five passages and an epilogue which were excluded in the English edition. A. Edward Newton, a prolific collector and author, helped popularize Melville’s work in the 20th century in his 1928 work The Book-Collecting Game. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.
Octavo (187 x 125mm). 6 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end (pale spotting, as usual). Publisher’s original blue stamped cloth, marbled endpapers (wear to boards); clamshell box. Provenance: Goodwin Colier (signature on flyleaf) – Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940, American author and book collector; bookplate).
The first American edition. The A. Edward Newton copy. Moby-Dick is “a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling” (DAB). The American edition followed the English by a month and contains some thirty-five passages and an epilogue which were excluded in the English edition. A. Edward Newton, a prolific collector and author, helped popularize Melville’s work in the 20th century in his 1928 work The Book-Collecting Game. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.
Octavo (187 x 125mm). 6 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end (pale spotting, as usual). Publisher’s original blue stamped cloth, marbled endpapers (wear to boards); clamshell box. Provenance: Goodwin Colier (signature on flyleaf) – Alfred Edward Newton (1864-1940, American author and book collector; bookplate).