Melville, Herman:

$850 · Offered by William Reese Company

MOBY DICK; OR, THE WHALE. First printing in this format, with illustrations by Boardman Robinson and an Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Copy #417 of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the artist. The impractical binding material has seldom withstood the passage of time and has often gone the way of the sheep that died as a prelude to its manufacture.

• Printing: first

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