Melville, Herman Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 8vo (7 3/8 x 5 in.; 188 x 127 mm). Six-page publisher's advertisement at end; usual light foxing to title, but generally much less foxing and offsetting internally than is often found. Publisher's blind-stamped and ruled slate "A" cloth, spine title gilt, orange-coated endpapers, cloth tear to upper joint and two small tears to lower with some light staining on backstrip, corners bumped but gilt bright, ends unfrayed but some exposure of boards along bottom edge. In a blue half-morocco slipcase.
Melville, Herman Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 8vo (7 3/8 x 5 in.; 188 x 127 mm). Six-page publisher's advertisement at end; usual light foxing to title, but generally much less foxing and offsetting internally than is often found. Publisher's blind-stamped and ruled slate "A" cloth, spine title gilt, orange-coated endpapers, cloth tear to upper joint and two small tears to lower with some light staining on backstrip, corners bumped but gilt bright, ends unfrayed but some exposure of boards along bottom edge. In a blue half-morocco slipcase.
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