"Moby Dick or The Whale" Illustrated by Rockwell Kent KENT, Rockwell, [illustrator]. MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick or The Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. New York: Random House, 1930. Full Description:
Moby Dick or The Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
New York: Random House, 1930.
. MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick or The Whale. New York: Random House, 1930.
First trade edition thus, with Rockwell Kent's superb illustrations. Small thick octavo
(6 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 175 x 131 mm). [2], xxxi, [1], 822, [6] pp.
Bound by Bayntun Riviere in modern half dark blue morocco over blue cloth boards. Morocco ruled in gilt. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Original cloth for front board and spine bound-in at rear. A tiny stain to top of fore-edge. Otherwise a near fine copy of one of the most famous American illustrated books of the twentieth century.
"This Random House edition of "Moby Dick" is set in Monotype Fournier and contains reproductions of Rockwell Kent's drawings that appeared in The Lakeside Press three volume limited edition. Printed at The Lakeside Press under the supervision of William A. Kittredge." (Colophon).
HBS 69658.
$1,250.
Price: $1,250.00
Item #69658