Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent
£1,990.00
Limited edition
Published by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1930
1 in stock
Description
Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent (1882 – 1971)
Limited deluxe edition, one of 1,000 copies, of the first illustrated version of Moby Dick listed on the rear page of volume 3. The illustrations include the innovative black title page and remarkable full page black and white pen, brush and ink drawings by Rockwell Kent. Widely considered to be an iconic publication with 300 illustrations.
Black bevelled edged covers with art deco silver pictorial stamping and spine lettering. Boards are all scratched/rubbed and have signs of wear on the extremities especially spine ends. Slight fading of colour. The 1st volume has damage to the lower end of the spine with loss of the cloth covering. Bookplates to the front paste down. Volume one has two pages with pieces torn from the lower edge of the page (the missing pieces come with the book). The contents are browned and clean. 12 x 8 1/2. Quarto
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