The works of Herman Melville
$6,500 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books
Signed
London, Bombay, Sydney: Constable and Co., Ltd, 1922-24. Edition limited to 750 sets this, no. 287 , signed by the publisher with initials, 16 volumes, 8vo, title pages printed in blue and black, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spines; previous owner's bookplate in the last four volumes only; this is as fine a set as we have handled. Those familiar with this set of Melville will know that the cloth used by Constable over a nearly 3-year period was not
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