Moby Dick Herman Melville 1922 Dodd Mead Illustrated Mead Schaeffer
$475 · Offered by eBay
First edition
Herman Melville — Moby Dick; Or, The White Whale Publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company, New York Year: MCMXXII (1922) – First Edition Thus Illustrator: Features vibrant color plates by Mead Schaeffer CONDITION: STRUCTURALLY PRISTINE This particular copy features remarkable structural preservation. It handles beautifully and remains an elite shelf display or reading piece. Binding & Hinges: Exceptionally tight. Internal Text Block: Very Fine. Crisp, clean, pages. Completely free of writing, owner names, stamps, or missing leaves. Illustrations: Mead Schaeffer’s iconic color plates—including the frontispiece—are present, immaculate, and cleanly attached. Exterior Cloth Boards: The black cloth binding remains solid and rigid. Features the vibrant, colorized pictorial cover artwork inset pasted onto the front board, which shows excellent color preservation. Spine Gilt: The gold printed lettering on the spine remains highly legible and generally bright. Note a few minor, standard areas of age-fading to the decorative lines below the publisher's imprint, and slight gold loss to the letter 'M' in Mead (text is still fully readable). Dust Jacket: Lacks original dust jacket. PREMIUM PACKAGING & SAFE SHIPPING SPECIFICS: Due to the high-end collector value and immaculate condition of this century-old antique, this item will NOT be shipped via standard Media Mail to avoid transit delays or random postal inspections. Shipping Class: Ships out fast via USPS Priority Mail (1–3 business day deli
- Publisher: Dodd, Mead & Company, U. S.
- Year: 1922
- Condition: Good
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