Herman Melville (1819-1891) & Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), illus. Moby Dick, or The Whale. Limited
Herman Melville (1819-1891) & Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), illus.
Moby Dick, or The Whale. Limited Edition.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930.
Limited edition, three large quarto volumes, one of 1,000 copies designed and illustrated by Kent; with his black-and-white illustrations throughout; bound in publisher's silver-stamped black cloth, top edges stained black (lacking the original aluminum slipcase; offsetting from illustrations as usual; largely unopened, small dampstain to lower margin in vols. I & III; rubbed, bumped, faint discoloration to endpapers of two volumes); 11 ½ x 8 3/8 in.
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Herman Melville (1819-1891) & Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), illus.
Moby Dick, or The Whale. Limited Edition.
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930.
Limited edition, three large quarto volumes, one of 1,000 copies designed and illustrated by Kent; with his black-and-white illustrations throughout; bound in publisher's silver-stamped black cloth, top edges stained black (lacking the original aluminum slipcase; offsetting from illustrations as usual; largely unopened, small dampstain to lower margin in vols. I & III; rubbed, bumped, faint discoloration to endpapers of two volumes); 11 ½ x 8 3/8 in.
Condition
Condition: Please contact the Specialist for the auction to request a condition report.Condition reports and additional images are provided as a courtesy and should be used by you to aid in the formation of your own opinion regarding condition. All material is sold subject to Swann's standard Terms and Conditions of Sale as published in our catalogues and posted on our website, and include the following terms: (1) all property is sold "as-is"; and (2) works cannot be returned on the basis of condition.
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