Lot 75
Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick; or, the Whale, first American edition, New York, 1851.
Hammer Price: £6,000
Description
Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick; or, the Whale, first American edition, 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end, front free endpapers working loose, original blue-green cloth with publisher's circular blindstamp device on covers, orange endpapers, rebacked, preserving portions of original spine neatly laid down, gilt to head retouched, lightly faded, in effect an excellent copy, preserved in a custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, [BAL 13664], 8vo, New York, 1851.
Description
Melville (Herman) Moby-Dick; or, the Whale, first American edition, 6pp. publisher's advertisements at end, front free endpapers working loose, original blue-green cloth with publisher's circular blindstamp device on covers, orange endpapers, rebacked, preserving portions of original spine neatly laid down, gilt to head retouched, lightly faded, in effect an excellent copy, preserved in a custom-made morocco-backed drop-back box, [BAL 13664], 8vo, New York, 1851.
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