Description
First trade edition of Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville, illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
Octavo, xxix, [1], 822pp, [6]. Black cloth, title stamped in silver, illustrations on cover and spine. Clean text throughout, solid text block. Exceptionally bright silver stamping on front cover and spine. Faint dust remnant along top edge of text block. In the publisher’s near fine dust jacket, short closed tear along top edge of rear panel, faint toning to spine, vibrant blue and black illustrations. An overall beautiful example.
