first edition
1847 · New York
by Melville, Herman
New York: Wiley & Putnam; London: John Murray, 1847. First edition, fourth printing of the revised edition of the author's first book, 2 vols. in 1, as issued, 8vo, pp. xiv, 149, [5], [151]-307, [1], plus 9 pages of ads paged [15]-xxiii; integral frontispiece map; recent quarter calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-ruled spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in one; endpapers foxed, very good. BAL 13654; Wright 1, 1869.
(Inventory #: 54633)