MELVILLE, HERMAN. The Whale. London: Richard Bentley 1851. 3 vols., 8vo, contemporary purple-black half calf and marbled boards, spines nicely gilt, marbled edges, a little worn at extremities, 5-inch tear in vol. 1 half-title along gutter. FIRST EDITION of Moby- Dick, published a month before the American edition and containing substantial textual differences, including the deletion of 35 passages that were restored in the New York edition; with the half-title in vol. 1 (none issued for the other volumes). BAL 13663; Grolier American 60; Sadleir 1685. An attractive copy. (3)

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MELVILLE, HERMAN. The Whale. London: Richard Bentley 1851. 3 vols., 8vo, contemporary purple-black half calf and marbled boards, spines nicely gilt, marbled edges, a little worn at extremities, 5-inch tear in vol. 1 half-title along gutter. FIRST EDITION of Moby- Dick, published a month before the American edition and containing substantial textual differences, including the deletion of 35 passages that were restored in the New York edition; with the half-title in vol. 1 (none issued for the other volumes). BAL 13663; Grolier American 60; Sadleir 1685. An attractive copy. (3)