MELVILLE HERMAN The Whale 3 vols 1851

Sale 2075 - Lot 48

Price Realized: $ 64,400

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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000

MELVILLE, HERMAN. The Whale. 3 volumes. 12mo, remainder binding of purple decorated cloth, expert early rebacking retaining backstrips, spines faded, soiling to cover of Volume 3, affects endpapers; minor soiling and foxing scattered throughout, leaf M1 in Volume 1 with burn spot, darkest on verso, fibers broken but text legible, another spot on leaf F6 in Volume 3 creating a hole with loss of text in last paragraph; Volumes 1 and 3 identically inscribed by owner on verso of front free endpaper; custom cloth chemise and slipcase. London: Richard Bentley 1851

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