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Moby Dick or the Whale
by Melville, Hermann and Rockwell Kent (Illustrator)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/N/A
- Seller
-
Albany, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1937. Second Trade Edition. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. The highly coveted deluxe edition with illustrations by Rockwell Kent In blue pictorial cloth with gilt to type and illustrations. Top page ends tinted blue and that has lost color. This volume has the iconic whale flukes design on cover and the harpoon motif on the spine not present on the Lakeside Press Llimited Edition or Random House First Trade Edition. Corners rubbed and rounded - especially at bottom with tiny spots rubbed through. Spine ends rubbed as well with some fraying to half of heel and just corners of head with tiny chip. Spine is well toned with some spots/marks and loss to gilt. Some lost of gilt to cover as well from rubbing and a few spots to rear cover. Some spots from spray to front page ends and a few smudges to bottom page ends. Previous owner's name to front pastedown and spot to gutter of front endpapers. Date and price in pen to page preceding frontispiece. Some intermittant underlining, marks and a few words here and there in pen. Rear hinge is just starting to separate, but still solid. A few marks to rear endpapers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB008528HM
- Title
- Moby Dick or the Whale
- Author
- Melville, Hermann and Rockwell Kent (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Trade Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature; Nautical;
Terms of Sale
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Albany, California
About Lost Paddle Books, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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