May 18, 2016 - Sale 2416

Sale 2416 - Lot 304

Price Realized: $ 552
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
MELVILLE, HERMAN. Redburn: His First Voyage. 8vo, original purple "A" cloth, covers blindstamped with Grolieresque device within rules, gilt-titles to spine, spine and portion of rear board faded, mild wear to extremities; double flyleaves, yellow coated endpapers discolored as usual, else contents quite clean and generally free from the usual foxing; cloth chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850

Additional Details

first edition, blanck's second printing with the extended advertisements. A handsome copy that presents well and with textblock tight. BAL 13660.