MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE by Melville, Herman - 1930

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green Longmans. Very Good. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 3/4 red leather over slightly faded red cloth. Spine with five raised bands and gilt decorated panels. Marble endpapers and page edges. Pictorial frontispiece & half-title page. Illustrated with full page engravings. Contents; Book 1 - 5 and Calderon the Courtier, in one volume. Mystical fiction with a spiritual lesson. Methuen Castle Armorial Book Plate inside front cover. Leaf 3 & 4 lightly foxed. Fiction; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages .

London: Bickers & Sons. Very Good. 1883. Second Edition. Hardcover. Half supple leather over clean marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated panels and 2 morocco labels. Only 750 copies of this edition have been printed for sale, 250 of which are reserved for America. Each copy numbered, this copy #445. Texts tight, clean & intact. Top edge gilt. Complete in 19 volumes . Marbled endpapers. A biography of the author (b.1667-d.1745) by Laing Purves. Volume #1 with engraved portrait frontispiece and one additional plate. Chapters decorated with ornamentat headpieces & tailpieces. Armorial book plate, helmet over shield bearing name "Cragwood. " Volume 10, lower spine label missing. Volume 13 has a small leather chip on spine. Over all, except as noted, this set Is very good +. Rare Section; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

Leibzig: Chez Gerard Fleischer. Good+. 1810. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Thirteen volumes bound in half leather over clean marbled boards. Special binding with royal insignia: Gilt embellished spine including a "Royal Crown" over the letter "A" at the top. Marbled endpapers and engraved frontispiece in each volume. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. #1, Nouvelles, 326pp; #2, Numa Pompilius, 299pp ; #3, Theatre, 294pp; #4, Myrtil et Chloe Pastorale, 203pp; #5, Estelle, Roman Pastoral, 265pp; #6, Precis Historique Surles Maures D'Espagne, 288pp; #7, Gonzalve De Cordoue, 221pp; #8, Fables, 269pp; #9, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 287pp; #10, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 329pp; #11, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 312pp; #12, Imitations et Traductions, 416pp; #13, L'enfant D'Darlequin Perdu et Retrouve Comedie. Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was most noted for his fables and also his abridgement of Don Quixote. Some spine lables are fully or partly missing. Vols. 4… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good+. 1848-54. Hardcover. Vols. 1 & 2) My Novels, Varieties of English Life. 1854; 802pp. Publisher, Rutledge & Co. Vol. 3) The Disowned, 1852; 312pp. Vol. 4) Zanoni, 1853; 303pp. Vol.5) Eugene Aram, A Tale, 1849; 296pp. Vol. 6) Paul Clifford, 1848; 308pp. Vol. 7) Night and Morning, 1851; 367pp. Vol. 8) Pelham, Adventures of a Gentleman, 1849; 304pp. Vol. 9) Devereux, 1852; 303pp. Vol. 10) Godolphin, 1850; 224pp. Vol. 11) Rienzi, The last of the Roman Tribunes, 1848; 308pp. Vol.12) The Last Days of Pompeii, 1850; 304pp. Vol.13) Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings, 1853; 338pp. Vol.14) Lucretia, the Children of Night, 1853; 334pp. Vol. 15) Last of the Barons, 1850; 464pp. Clean full red leather. Spine with raised bands and bright gilt titles. All edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelle. All volumes have an engraved frontispiece by various illustrators. All texts are tight, clean & Intact. Some volumes contain the prior owners armorial… Read More

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green Longmans. Very Good. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. 3/4 red leather over slightly faded red cloth. Spine with five raised bands and gilt decorated panels. Marble endpapers and page edges. Pictorial frontispiece & half-title page. Illustrated with full page engravings. Contents; Book 1 - 5 and Calderon the Courtier, in one volume. Mystical fiction with a spiritual lesson. Methuen Castle Armorial Book Plate inside front cover. Leaf 3 & 4 lightly foxed. Fiction; Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages .

London: Bickers & Sons. Very Good. 1883. Second Edition. Hardcover. Half supple leather over clean marbled boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated panels and 2 morocco labels. Only 750 copies of this edition have been printed for sale, 250 of which are reserved for America. Each copy numbered, this copy #445. Texts tight, clean & intact. Top edge gilt. Complete in 19 volumes . Marbled endpapers. A biography of the author (b.1667-d.1745) by Laing Purves. Volume #1 with engraved portrait frontispiece and one additional plate. Chapters decorated with ornamentat headpieces & tailpieces. Armorial book plate, helmet over shield bearing name "Cragwood. " Volume 10, lower spine label missing. Volume 13 has a small leather chip on spine. Over all, except as noted, this set Is very good +. Rare Section; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

Leibzig: Chez Gerard Fleischer. Good+. 1810. Hardcover. Nouvelle Edition. Thirteen volumes bound in half leather over clean marbled boards. Special binding with royal insignia: Gilt embellished spine including a "Royal Crown" over the letter "A" at the top. Marbled endpapers and engraved frontispiece in each volume. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. #1, Nouvelles, 326pp; #2, Numa Pompilius, 299pp ; #3, Theatre, 294pp; #4, Myrtil et Chloe Pastorale, 203pp; #5, Estelle, Roman Pastoral, 265pp; #6, Precis Historique Surles Maures D'Espagne, 288pp; #7, Gonzalve De Cordoue, 221pp; #8, Fables, 269pp; #9, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 287pp; #10, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 329pp; #11, Don Quichotte de la Manche, 312pp; #12, Imitations et Traductions, 416pp; #13, L'enfant D'Darlequin Perdu et Retrouve Comedie. Jean Pierre Claris de Florian was most noted for his fables and also his abridgement of Don Quixote. Some spine lables are fully or partly missing. Vols. 4… Read More

London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd.. Very Good+. 1848-54. Hardcover. Vols. 1 & 2) My Novels, Varieties of English Life. 1854; 802pp. Publisher, Rutledge & Co. Vol. 3) The Disowned, 1852; 312pp. Vol. 4) Zanoni, 1853; 303pp. Vol.5) Eugene Aram, A Tale, 1849; 296pp. Vol. 6) Paul Clifford, 1848; 308pp. Vol. 7) Night and Morning, 1851; 367pp. Vol. 8) Pelham, Adventures of a Gentleman, 1849; 304pp. Vol. 9) Devereux, 1852; 303pp. Vol. 10) Godolphin, 1850; 224pp. Vol. 11) Rienzi, The last of the Roman Tribunes, 1848; 308pp. Vol.12) The Last Days of Pompeii, 1850; 304pp. Vol.13) Harold, The Last of the Saxon Kings, 1853; 338pp. Vol.14) Lucretia, the Children of Night, 1853; 334pp. Vol. 15) Last of the Barons, 1850; 464pp. Clean full red leather. Spine with raised bands and bright gilt titles. All edges bright gilt. Inner gilt dentelle. All volumes have an engraved frontispiece by various illustrators. All texts are tight, clean & Intact. Some volumes contain the prior owners armorial… Read More