Lot 394
Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, first Rockwell Kent edition, custom binding, New York, 1930.
Hammer Price: £1,200
Description
Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, first Rockwell Kent edition, illustrations by Rockwell Kent, some light offsetting, ink library stamp to title, modern white pigment Bison Grain Bangladesh calfskin, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, upper cover with onlayed prosthetic eye with white leather eyelid replicating the gaze of the Whale, 8vo, New York, 1930.
Description
Melville (Herman) Moby Dick, first Rockwell Kent edition, illustrations by Rockwell Kent, some light offsetting, ink library stamp to title, modern white pigment Bison Grain Bangladesh calfskin, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover, upper cover with onlayed prosthetic eye with white leather eyelid replicating the gaze of the Whale, 8vo, New York, 1930.