Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited Edition, one of 1,000 copies. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Hardcovers in publisher's aluminum slipcase. Quartos. 891 pages in total. The stunning limited edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of "Moby Dick." Melville's great novel was not well received when published..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1866. First Edition. 3/4 leather and marbled paper over boards. Duodecimo. [i-vii], viii-x, [xi-xiv], 15-272 pages. Melville's collection of Civil War poetry dedicated "to the memory of the three hundred thousand who in the war for the maintenance of the Union fell devotedly under..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1849. First Edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimos. An early Melville novel, and precursor to his masterpiece, "Moby Dick." This sea-faring adventure-turned-allegorical tale follows a sailor who deserts his whaling ship and embarks on a journey to an archipelago called Mardi. Accompanied..... More