MELVILLE, HERMAN. Mardi: and a Voyage Thither. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's purple cloth, covers blocked in blind, spines gilt-lettered, joints dried with a few small nicks, spine fade extending into front and rear covers; front free endpapers excised, ex-collection Henry McBride with his booklabel to yellow-coated pastedown, light to moderate foxing throughout. First American edition of Melville's third novel. BAL 13658; Sadleir, Excursions 225. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849