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Herman Melville, 1851
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Moby-Dick
Herman Melville, 1851
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.
A fine, unrestored copy of the first American edition, first binding, the Webster copy. The American edition of Melville's 1851 whaling novel contained some thirty-five passages not present in the English edition, which had preceded it by a month. This copy is in the first binding with publisher's circular device and a heavy rule frame on both covers. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.
Octavo (187 x 122mm). Six-page publisher's advertisement at end (foxing). Original brown cloth stamped in blind, orange coated endpapers (corners just showing and slightly bumped, light fraying to spine ends); custom silk case. Provenance: Mrs L.G. Thomson (early pencil signature to endpapers and title, place name not legible) – Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984; morocco bookplate, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 April 1985, lot 64).
Herman Melville, 1851
MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851.
A fine, unrestored copy of the first American edition, first binding, the Webster copy. The American edition of Melville's 1851 whaling novel contained some thirty-five passages not present in the English edition, which had preceded it by a month. This copy is in the first binding with publisher's circular device and a heavy rule frame on both covers. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57.
Octavo (187 x 122mm). Six-page publisher's advertisement at end (foxing). Original brown cloth stamped in blind, orange coated endpapers (corners just showing and slightly bumped, light fraying to spine ends); custom silk case. Provenance: Mrs L.G. Thomson (early pencil signature to endpapers and title, place name not legible) – Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984; morocco bookplate, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 April 1985, lot 64).
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