MELVILLE HERMAN Moby Dick; or the Whale 1851

Sale 2075 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 74,750

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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 25,000

MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. 12mo, original cloth, gilt-lettered spine, publisher's circular device blindstamped in center of covers, small blister on lower front cover; foxing to fore edge and contents, minor spotting to endpapers, front pastedown slightly creased from binder's glue; 6-page publisher's advertisement in rear; small book labels of Douglas C. Ewing and Henry B. Cowles / Florence C. Esselstyn; 1/4 morocco gilt slipcase, rubbed. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851

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beautiful copy of the first american edition.