Description: Moby Dick by Herman Melville illustrated by Rockwell KentPublisher & Year: New York: Random House, 1930 - Edition: First edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Original dust jacket. Not only one of the most iconic illustrated books of the twentieth century, but an edition that invigorated interest in what had been Melville's largely ignored magnum opus. - Description & Condition: Black boards illustrated with silver-colored embossing. The gilt is bright. Hinges and binding quite sturdy. Free and clear of writing and underlining. With an original first edition jacket in very good condition, with a small chip missing at the intersection of the spine crown and the front/rear panels, a little bit of splitting, and some mild rubbing. Jacket placed in a removable protector. A well-preserved, presentable copy of this classic edition. - “As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale - Inventory ID: 819 - 186 - 283
Price: 1200 USD
Location: North Haven, Connecticut
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Illustrator: Rockwell Kent
Topic: Literature, Modern
Year Printed: 1930
Region: North America
Binding: Hardcover
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Random House
