cloth, cover and spine stamped in silver
1930 · New York
by Melville, Herman
New York: Random House, 1930. cloth, cover and spine stamped in silver. Kent, Rockwell. large 12mo. cloth, cover and spine stamped in silver. xxxi+[1], 822, [5] pages. First trade edition of the three volume limited edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent for Lakeside Press, under the supervision of William A. Kittredge. Lacking the dust jacket. Wear to spine ends, corners bumped, heavy rubbing to the spine and covers. Soiling to the preliminary pages, shaken. Over 150 striking wood cuts by Kent are reproduced to illustrate Melville's classic nineteenth century whaling novel. Beautiful, silver-stamped cover and spine design by Kent. Printed at the Lakeside Press.
(Inventory #: 73801)