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MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.
8o. 6-page publisher's advertisement at end. (Some spotting as usual.) Original green cloth, publisher's device at center of each cover, plain wove-paper endpapers, single flyleaf at front, double flyleaf at back (front hinge cracked, splits to rear joint, pale stain on rear cover, few chips at ends of spine). Provenance: Andrew Luke (pencil signature on front flyleaf); Charles MacA. Willcox (bookplate loosely inserted).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first binding, following the English edition by a month and containing some thirty-five passages not present in the English edition. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.
8o. 6-page publisher's advertisement at end. (Some spotting as usual.) Original green cloth, publisher's device at center of each cover, plain wove-paper endpapers, single flyleaf at front, double flyleaf at back (front hinge cracked, splits to rear joint, pale stain on rear cover, few chips at ends of spine). Provenance: Andrew Luke (pencil signature on front flyleaf); Charles MacA. Willcox (bookplate loosely inserted).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, first binding, following the English edition by a month and containing some thirty-five passages not present in the English edition. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.