New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1851. Uncommon in the original cloth Octavo. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt with decorative band in gilt at head and foot, covers blocked in blind with central publisher's life-buoy device, orange endpapers. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Complete with six pages of publisher's advertisements at rear. Faint early pencil signature of Mrs L. G. Thomson to front free endpaper and title page; morocco bookplate of Paul Francis Webster (Academy Award-winning American lyricist, 1907-1984; his sale, Sotheby's New York, 24 April 1985, lot 64). Light fraying to spine ends, corners just slightly worn and bumped, contents somewhat foxed. A fine copy, sound and unrestored, in the highly uncommon original cloth. First US edition, in the first issue binding (BAL's "A" state). Moby-Dick was originally issued in London earlier the same year, set from the New York sheets and titled The Whale. The US edition was the first to appear under the familiar title, and contains some thirty-five passages and the epilogue omitted from the English edition. It was a "complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all his books and most of the copies remaining in stock" (DAB, vol. 12, p. 523). The present copy is in the first binding, BAL's "A" state in grey, with orange endpapers and the publisher's device stamped centrally on the sides. Copies in first issue bindings appear in purple, black, blue, grey, green, red, and slate (no priority stated, as Sadleir notes on p. 221). BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Sadleir, Excursions in Victorian Bibliography, p. 229.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First edition, first issue binding, with the circular Harper's device of Melville's masterpiece. Octavo, original purple-brown cloth (BAL's A grain), covers stamped in blind with the publisher's circular device at the center within a heavy blind rule frame, original orange-coated endpapers. A near fine condition with some of the usual light foxing and light shelfwear to the spine tips. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A completely unrestored example of this cornerstone. A superior example. Initially panned by critics and readers when published in 1851, "in the 20th century Moby Dick would be rediscovered and acknowledged as possibly the greatest of all American novels" (Chronology of American Literature). Arguably the greatest single work in American literature, Moby-Dick was initially "a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public. Nevertheless, Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby-Dick, a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" (DAB).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First American Edition; preceded slightly by the English edition, although this edition has numerous additions to that text. Publisher’s green cloth; stamped in gilt and in blind; first binding, although this cataloguer has never seen either of the later two bindings in the wild. Some fading and wear; foxed (as seems inevitable); faded contemporary owner’s inscription on the front free endpaper; bookplate of author and collector Carolyn Wells. The final 50 or so leaves are marginally waterstained at the lower corners, far from any text; bottom corners of the three advertising leaves slightly chipped, likewise not near any printing. Overall, a good copy of a book often found repaired, rebacked, restored or otherwise suffering from previous owners’ good or bad intentions. In a custom quarter-morocco clamshell box (corners frayed).

Harper & Brothers, 1851 First American Edition; first binding; with the original cloth bound in blue from the publisher. In the Melville bibliography, this would be the blue "A" cloth, the true first American edition and most desirable copy for a collector. Many copies of this first edition were burned in a fire, and the remaining copies tend to be re-bound. This rare first edition is one of the surviving copies still in the original cloth, untouched. The book has some foxing mainly effecting the first few pages and the endpapers. The boards have some wear to the corners and edges. The spine ends have some light fraying. Otherwise, the book is quite lovely. Besides the previous owner's early signature, the book is clean. There is no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. The binding is tight, and the book is one of the nicer copies that you will find on the market with the original first printing binding. Overall, a collectable copy of this first edition housed in custom clamshell for preservation. We buy Melville First Editions.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Harper & Brothers,, 1851. Original first-issue binding Octavo. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt with decorative band in gilt at head and foot, covers blocked in blind with central publisher's life-buoy device, orange endpapers. Housed in a blue quarter morocco box, spine lettered in gilt, marbled sides. 20th-century bookplate of Miriam Dyer-Bennet to the front pastedown. Spine sunned and lightly soiled, light wear around extremities with minor repairs at spine ends, patch of abrasion to front endpaper skilfully recoloured, foxed, creasing to pages around gutter and fore edge. A very good copy. First US edition, in the first issue binding (BAL's "A" state). Moby-Dick was originally issued in London earlier the same year, set from the New York sheets and titled The Whale. The US edition was the first to appear under the familiar title, and contains some thirty-five passages and the epilogue omitted from the English edition. It was a "complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all his books and most of the copies remaining in stock" (DAB, vol. 12, p. 523). The present copy is in the first binding, BAL's "A" state in grey, with orange endpapers and the publisher's device stamped centrally on the sides. Copies in first issue bindings appear in purple, black, blue, grey, green, red, and slate (no priority stated, as Sadleir notes on p. 221). BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Sadleir, Excursions in Victorian Bibliography, p. 229.

First Edition, First Printing. The book is bound in the publisher's ORIGINAL brown cloth with some expert repair. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with some discoloration and a previous owner's stamp to the front endpaper. A lovely copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. Trades and offers considered.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original pebble-grained red cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-embossed rules and front board publisher's device. xxiii, 635pp, (6pp ads). Good plus. Internally a sound "Very good," as it's internally tight and unrestored, showing only mild sporadic age toning and occasional light foxing; binding is sound and decent, with exposed tips; somewhat rough spine has had 1" X 1" excision archivally and discretely restored and chipped spine head and tail archivally rebuilt (see images); pencilled 1852 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. A tight, presentable and quite handleable first U.S. edition, first issue, of this giant of 19th century literature. One of only 3000 U.S. copies, the American edition -- preceded by the 2-volume English version one month prior -- met with little fanfare, and supposedly many unsold copies were destroyed in an 1854 warehouse fire. Original terra cotta endpapers. Despite wear this is a respectable copy, appropriately priced. BAL 13664.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. 12mo. (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches). xxiii, [1], 635, [1], [6]pp. Publisher's ads in the rear. Foxing. Publisher's red cloth, cover bordered in blind and with central Harper & Brother's circular stamp in blind, spine lettered in gilt, rebacked retaining the original spine, original brown/orange coated endpapers. Housed in a cloth box. Rare first American edition of arguably the greatest work in American literature. The first American edition followed the three-volume English edition by a month and contained some thirty-five passages which had been edited out of the English edition. "[Melville's] great book, Moby Dick, was a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harpers' fire destroyed the plates of all of his books and most of the copies remaining in stock [only about sixty copies survived the fire] ... Melville's permanent fame must always rest on the great prose epic of Moby Dick, a book that has no equal in American literature for variety and splendor of style and for depth of feeling" (Dictionary of American Biography). "Moby Dick is the great conundrum-book. Is it a profound allegory with the white whale the embodiment of moral evil, or merely the finest story of the sea ever written?" (Grolier, American). This example complete with the six pages of advertisements in the rear and in the publisher's red "A" cloth. BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57; Wright II:1701.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First American Edition; preceded slightly by the English edition, although this edition has numerous additions to that text. Publisher’s black cloth; stamped in gilt and in blind; first binding, although this cataloguer has never seen either of the later two bindings in the wild. Rebacked with the original spine cloth laid down; foxed, as seems nearly inevitable. This copy has yellow endpapers, evidently original, given that foxing on the verso matches that on the opposite blanks. While orange is most commonly found, the BAL notes specifically that several colors were used. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. In spite of binding work, an attractive copy.

San Francisco: Arion, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Folio (15-1/2" x 10-1/2"). 577pp. 1/265. Blue morocco leather with silver titles to spine. Signed on colophon page by Barry Moser and Andrew Hoyem, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Slipcase faded with one edge torn.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition thus. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Three volumes. Folio. Tiny light stains on a couple of the front endpapers, nominal rubbing at the spine ends, still fine in fine aluminum slipcase. Lacking the original acetate dustwrappers, this copy came to us with early glassine dustwrappers. Limited to 1000 sets. Illustrated by Kent with 280 magnificent woodcuts, this is considered to be his masterpiece and is a landmark of 20th Century book illustration. The book gained its nickname, "Fish in a Can", for its unusual aluminum slipcase (and yes, we know a whale isn't a fish).

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited. hardcover. very good. Rockwell Kent. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, with 280 woodcuts, many full page. 3 volumes. 4to, black cloth, decoratively stamped in silver (spines lightly and evenly faded and with some faint staining, neatly repaired at tips; inner hinge in second volume is cracked but interior is otherwise very clean and fine with many un-opened pages). Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930. Limited edition -- one of 1000 copies printed. Very good. Perhaps the finest illustrated book of the 20th century. Lacking the acetate dust wrappers and the aluminum case.

LAKESIDE PRESS, 1930-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Moby Dick or The Whale by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent First limited deluxe edition, one of 1,000 copies, of the first illustrated version of Moby Dick. The illustrations include the innovative black title page and remarkable full page black and white pen, brush and ink drawings by Rockwell Kent. Widely considered to be an iconic publication with 300 illustrations. Black beveled edged covers with art deco silver pictorial stamping and spine lettering top stained, fore and bottom edge uncut. Tight and unmarked missing the original jackets and aluminum slipcase. Some offsetting as to be expected. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

Chicago: Lakeside Press, 1930. Fabric. F. Rockwell Kent. 1 of 1000

First edition thus (First Putnam's Sons UK edition) 1901. Original blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and pale blue and white design. Introduction by Louis Becke; illustrated by A. Burnham Shute; contains Chapter 25 and Epilogue. 545pp; 8vo;

New York: Random House, 1930. FIRST EDITION THUS. The first trade edition of the Kent-illustrated Moby Dick, originally produced for the Lakeside Press limited edition. Black cloth with silver stamping clean and bright. Binding tight and square. Some bleed-through of binders paste to rear paste down. Otherwise a near fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket with one tiny chip and a short closed tear at top of spine. Kent created 275 illustrations to accompany Melville's text. The publishers at Random House were so enthusiastic about Kent's illustrations that they neglected to put Melville's name on the dust jacket of the book. Not a common book in this condition.

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1930. 1st thus. Hardcover. A near fine first trade edition. Black cloth with stamped silver . Spine ends just slightly softened, previous owner name to ffep. Glue darkening slightly at endpages. The original jacket in mylar is very slightly dampstained to spine, with a small chip to spine head. No mention of Melville on jacket. A bright, tight, square copy in original jacket. ; Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Random House, 1930. First Thus. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kent, Rockwell. First thus. Spine and edges lightly rubbed, tiny split starting along front of spine head. 1930 Full-Leather. We have more books available by this author!. xxxi, 822, [6] pp. 8vo. Finely rebound in full red morocco with gilt title, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Numerous woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent throughout. A particularly sought-after edition of Melville's famous 'tale of the whale'.

[Brattleboro, VT]: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. The leather is still supple with solid coloring. The spines are faded with some wear to the tips, and there's slight edgewear but much less than normally encountered. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. A better example than most copies offered for sale. Boardman Robinson. Two quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 10") bound in full dark sheepskin with gilt lettering on the spines. Copy #818 of 1000 with color and black-and-white plates after paintings by Boardman Robinson and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. One of the most difficult books of the press to obtain in decent condition because of the tendency of the leather to dry. When copies are seen, usually the binding is so dry it is crumbling. The limitation of 1000 copies is not stated, nor is the typical limitation of 1500 copies stated, but a letter from the publisher, George Macy, to a subscriber in another copy we handled explained the limitation (not included here). Note from the publisher, though not the Monthly Letter, laid in.

London: Folio Society. LIMITED EDITION, number 171 of 1,150 numbered copies. Herman Melville's (1819-1891) masterpiece Moby Dick; or The Whale, first published as The Whale in London in October 1851, has been called the greatest book of the ea ever written. A true classic for the ages. Folio Society fine press book in two volumes and presentation case. Type set in fournier at the Folio Society, printed on abbey woven paper by Memminger Mediencentrum, Memmigen, Germany and bound by Real Lachenmaier, Germany. Text volume in Wright's smooth grain letter with stunning silver and white block with a design based on an illustration by Rockwell Kent. Two Volumes, Both books and case are Fine, NEVER Read. Text volume in black publisher's leather with silver and white whale illustration on board, silver top edge, silver satin place marker, 768 pages with 280 fantastic black and white illustrations. Commentary Volume by Harold Beaver in black buckram with silver titles is 312 pages. Black cloth bound solander case with silver lettering to spine. Volumes are 9.25 inches height by 6.75 inches in width. ALL Fine, NO previous owner name or bookplate. Exceptionally Clean and Most Presentable. Professionally shipped. . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 2009.

UK: Putman, 1901. 1st Edition Thus 1901. New introduction by Louis Becke. A. Burnham Shute (illustrator).Four black and white plates This classic novel was largely forgotton until D H Lawrence praised the work in the 1920's. Early edition of this work are very scarce. Book is very good and quitey bright. Edges and spine tips rubbed. Contents good. Small loss to endpaper. Endpapers cracked at hinges but nice tight binding. A good example of a very scarce early edition of this classic work. PLEASE DOUBLE CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. Digital images available upon request.Ref 6670. First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A Burnham Shute. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. [Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 7-545; [1], blank. With four full-page plates by A Burnham shute. Publisher's navy blue cloth blocked in gilt and colours Ink name to flyleaf, contents clean, binding lightly rubbed; very good indeed. A most uncommon illustrated edition of the classic tale of a whale. Listed in 'The Novel 100' (Burt, 2004), also BBC's Big Read (200 Best Novels) [2003].

Grupo Anaya Comercial, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Random House, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Fine in a Very Good jacket, generally toned, rubbed at the surface and edges, a few small chips. Black boards with silver gilt lettering and design matching that of the jacket. Square and firmly bound with clean pages, clean internally. Melville's classic novel of Captain Ahab chasing his white whale. A classic novel made even better with the addition of Rockwell Kent's illustrations. A remarkably well preserved copy of this famous illustrated book.

Rowohlt Reinbeck, 1956..

New York: Random House, 1930. hardcover. near fine. Kent, Rockwell. Illustrated throughout with lovely woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. 825 pages. Short very thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in full green morocco, decoratively spine, top edge gilt, spine evenly faded to tan. New York: Random House, 1930. First trade edition. Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 1930. First. hardcover. fine. Kent, Rockwell. Illustrated throughout with lovely woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. 825 pages. Short very thick 8vo, handsomely rebound in full black morocco; silver-lettered spine. New York: Random House, 1930. First trade edition. Fine.

Limited Editions Club, 1943. Limited. hardcover. very good. Boardman Robinson. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson including numerous full page plates, some color mounted. 2 volumes. 4to, full black leather (spines slightly faded to brown and with one nick on first volume), marbled board slipcase, edgeworn. N.P.: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. A very good clean copy. Limited edition - number 885 of [1000] copies, signed by the illustrator.

Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1983-02. Paperback. Good.

1957. Edition: 1. softcover. sehr schlechter Zustand, z. B. zerfleddert, Titelbild fehlt, sehr schlechter Gesamtzustand, aber Text vollständig. 2

Auriga, Ediciones S.A., 1984. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

1965. Edition: 1. fast ohne Mängel, höchstens einmal gelesen. D 19 557 Goldener Otto-Sieger!

1975. Edition: 2. softcover. mit Mängeln, z.B. verschmutzt, abgegriffen, Kanten abgestoßen o.a.. 111 Maloftege!

Alianza Editorial Sa, 2014. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Limited Editions Club. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1943. Limited 1st edition. Leather. Rubbed at the spine ends. Spines are faded. The slipcase is rubbed at the edges, cipped at the bottom of the front (spine). 2" separation at the upper right edge of that front. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 616 pages; Signed by Illustrator .

UK: Cassell, 1930. 1st Edition 1930. With the fabulous engravings throughout the book. Book is very good+ and quite bright. Light repairs/stengthening to spine top. Contents good. Light marking to page edges. A nice example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref15126. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Dana Estes and Company. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: Dana Estes and Company 1892. 5.75x8" Blue cloth hardcover with silver lettering and light blue and white illustration on front cover and spine.545pp. Includes B&W frontis. No dust jacket. Cover corners worn, spine ends torn. Front end page and half title page detached. Front paste down torn along hinge. Owner's name inside.

Cyber Classics Inc, 2000-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Econo-Clad Books. Used - Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear.

Grosset and Dunlap, 1925. hardback. very good condition in green cloth and in a dust jacket with a bit of edgewear, an inch closed tear on the top of the front and some soiling to the spine and rear, - there is a pen gift inscription on the frontpiece verso .

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G . New.

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G . New.

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G Remainder mark . Fine.

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G Remainder mark . Fine.

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G signs of little wear on the cover. . Very Good.

Random House UK. PAPERBACK. B00DJZJN0G Minor shelf wear . Very Good.

Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0143105957 . New.

Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0143105957 . New.

Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0143105957 signs of little wear on the cover. . Very Good.

Penguin Classics. PAPERBACK. 0143105957 Minor shelf wear . Very Good.