Feb 17, 2022 - Sale 2595

Sale 2595 - Lot 259

Price Realized: $ 6,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(KENT, ROCKWELL.) Melville, Herman. Moby Dick, or, The Whale. Illustrated profusely by Kent. 3 volumes. Large 4to, publisher's silver-stamped black cloth; light discoloration to front pastedown in first two vols., usual offsetting from illustrations to facing page; acetate dust jackets; original aluminum slipcase, few scuffs. One of 1000 unnumbered sets, a fine copy of Kent's magnum opus, and one of the finest illustrated books of the last century. The Artist and the Book 140. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930