MELVILLE HERMAN Moby Dick; or The Whale

Sale 2355 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 7,168

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. 8vo, original zig-zag patterned brown cloth, spine gilt-lettered, rebacked with original spine laid-down, some rubbing with light exposure to spine foot and corners, few small nicks along joints, slight separation along top portion of title-page at gutter; A.C. Bernheim bookplate on front pastedown. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871

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scarce fourth edition, one of 277 copies printed. Subsequent to the 1851 first edition, "a second printing (250 copies) appeared in 1855, a third (253 copies) in 1863," followed by this edition. Tanselle, Checklist of Editions of Moby-Dick, p. 8.