Moby Dick by Herman Melville (Over 9,500 results)

First US edition of Melville's greatest work, in the first issue binding (BAL's "A" state, with the publisher's device on the covers and orange endpapers), a very smart copy notably free from any of the usual foxing. The US edition was the first to appear under the familiar title and contains 35 passages and the epilogue omitted from the slightly earlier British edition. Moby-Dick was originally issued in London earlier the same year, set from the New York sheets and titled The Whale. Now universally acclaimed, at the time the novel 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). Copies in first issue bindings appear in black, blue, grey, green, purple-brown, red, and slate-coloured cloth, without any priority. As Sadleir notes, it was the custom of American publishers in the 1850s and 1860s to bind an edition in cloths of various colours, for the purpose of window display (see p. 221). BAL 13664; Grolier American 60; Johnson High Spots 57; Sadleir, Excursions in Victorian Bibliography, pp. 221 & 229. Octavo. Original purple-brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt with decorative gilt border at head and foot, thick one-line border and central publisher's life-buoy device to covers in blind, orange coated endpapers, 6 pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Housed in a custom burgundy morocco folding box. Spine cocked, ends and corners lightly worn, cloth rubbed with faint stain to rear cover, short closed tear to head of rear joint, first gathering discreetly reinserted, gutter before final gathering tender, but holding, occasional light spot to contents, else clean and sound within. A very good copy.

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a first edition, first printing of Herman Melville's iconic work, featuring the distinctive Harper's emblem on its octavo-sized, original purple-brown cloth binding, detailed with blind-stamped covers that showcase the publisher's logo encased in a bold, blind frame, and completed with original orange-coated endpapers. Out of the 2,951 copies initially printed, 125 were allocated for review purposes. The book saw a promising start with 1,500 copies selling within the first 11 days, but interest waned dramatically, with fewer than 300 copies sold in the following year. Even two years post-publication, first edition copies remained unsold, and nearly 300 were lost in the Harper's warehouse fire of 1853. This copy remains in near fine condition, untouched by restoration, and is presented in a clamshell case, marking it as an exceptional specimen of this literary milestone. Originally released in 1851 to lukewarm reviews and public indifference, "Moby-Dick" faced initial commercial failure. Critics and readers of the time failed to grasp its significance, relegating it to obscurity. However, the 20th century marked a dramatic shift in perception, with "Moby-Dick" being celebrated as perhaps the finest American novel ever written, lauded for its stylistic diversity, emotional depth, and unmatched narrative grandeur in American literature. Despite its initial reception, Melville's magnum opus, "Moby-Dick," has earned its place as an unparalleled achievement in the annals of American letters.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition of Melville's epic novel, in first issue binding and completely unrestored. In original gray cloth with publisher's device stamped in blind. xxiii, 635, [6 ads]. Very Good. Cloth lightly soiled and worn at the extremities, spine toned. Pages heavily foxed as common, owner details to front free endpaper, ink owner name to title page with offsetting to adjacent pages as well. Light, sporadic pencil notations to text, old unobtrusive tidemark to bottom margins A difficult, linguistically-innovative fever dream of a novel, which has been hailed as America's greatest contribution to world literature. Uncommon in the original publisher's binding and without any restoration; a beautiful example, housed in a custom chemise case. BAL 13664.

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. Of the 2,951 copies printed, 125 were review copies. About 1,500 sold in 11 days, but then sales slowed to less than 300 the next year. After two years copies of the first edition were still available, and almost 300 were destroyed in the 1853 fire of Harper's warehouse. In 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 â a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public. Nevertheless, Melvilleâ 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 feelingâ (DAB).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. NO EQUAL IN AMERICAN LITERATURE -- FIRST EDITION OF MOBY-DICK IN ORIGINAL CLOTH MELVILLE, Herman. Moby Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers. Octavo, original purple cloth. First American edition, in original cloth, of Melville s classic, arguably the greatest single work in American literature. One of the very few known copies with rare white endpapers. Melville s great book, Moby-Dick, was a complete practical failure, misunderstood by the critics and ignored by the public; and in 1853 the Harper s fire destroyed the plates of all of his books and most of the copies remaining in stock (only about 60 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 (DAB). With six pages of ads, covers blind-stamped with heavy rule frame and publisher s circular device at center, and double flyleaves at front and back. This copy a publisher s variant with rare white endpapers: A single copy has been seen with plain white wove endpapers (BAL 13664); also with two free flyleaves at rear (as called for) and one free flyleaf before the title page (two called for). This copy with the book label of Ariel S. Thurston, a judge and later State Assessor, in Elmira, New York, and of his descendant Charles Thurston. Judge Thurston apparently was a supporter of the Underground Railroad, caring for John W. Jones, who escaped slavery in and reached Elmira in 1844, then became one of the most famed conductors on the railroad, helping over 800 other slaves to freedom. Neat date inscription September 1855 in pencil on front free endpaper. Usual scattered light foxing. Spine ends with light expert restoration. Rare in any condition, this copy quite desirable overall and given provenance.

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). All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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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.

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First US edition of Melville's masterpiece. It is the first edition published under Melville's preferred title, Moby-Dick, the first edition published in a single volume, and the first to include the crucial epilogue and 35 further passages which were omitted from the slightly earlier British edition. To protect his international copyright, Melville originally had the work published in London four weeks earlier, in a three-volume edition entitled The Whale. Now universally acclaimed, the novel was at first 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. XII, p. 523). "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? Whichever it is, now rediscovered, it stirs and stimulates each succeeding generation, whether reading it for pleasure or with a scalpel. Within its pages can be found the sound and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors" (Grolier). BAL 13664; Grolier American 100, 60; Johnson High Spots 57. Octavo (179 x 113 mm). Early 20th-century red half morocco, green spine label, central floral device in compartments gilt, raised bands tooled in gilt and ruled in blind, floral gilt roll on spine foot, sides and corners with blind dog-tooth roll, marbled sides and edges, brown endpapers. Bound with publisher's 6-page adverts at end. Blank upper margin of title page sometime restored, presumably owing to an excised ownership inscription, occasional marks to text, faint tide marks to margins throughout, small paper flaw to upper outer corner of pp. 269/70, closed tear to epilogue leaf sometime neatly repaired with tape. A very good copy.

First thus. Limited edition. Presentation copy signed by Barry Moser in pencil on the rear colophon, inscribed to financier Richard Gangel and his wife. xvi, 577, [3]pp. Bound in publisher's full blue morocco with silver spine lettreing, housed in blue linen slipcase with a linen title label. A hint of toning and a few tiny scuffs to the spine, else Fine. Slipcase sunned and a bit worn, a little frayed along edges, Very Good. Invitation to publication party or this book as well as Christmas greeting laid in. One of the major fine press works of the 20th century. Melville's remarkably ahead-of-its-time American novel is brought to life with Moser's illustrations, hand-set type, and sumptuous handmade paper.

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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). Very good. 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 mild and discreet archival restoration; 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. Housed in a handsome custom red cloth clamshell case with gilt spine lettering. BAL 13664.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, limited to 1,000 copies. Three volumes in publisher's acetate jackets, in aluminum slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Rockwell Kent on the front free end paper of Volume I, "Inscribed with affectionate friendship to Putzie - Rockwell Kent, 1950." Volumes II and III bear Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplates of Marie Luise Hinrichs. Near Fine. Narrow strips of sunning to spine cloth at ends, light rubbing to cloth at extremities and light abrasions to black topstains. Pages toned and with offsetting from illustrations. Acetate wrappers are wrinkled and shrunken with age, as is typical, and show a bit of chipping and edge wear, with some separation starting between the acetate and a paper flap on both volumes II and III; acetate on volume II with light staining. Aluminum slipcase is lightly worn, bumped at top and bottom edge. A stunning presentation copy, inscribed by Kent, and with bookplates designed by him as well.

MELVILLE, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. Original blindstamped cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First edition. BAL 13664, first binding, brown cloth with publisher's device. Grolier American, 60. A very good copy, professionally rebacked with spine in expert facsimile, bottom half of front endpaper professionally repaired; light scattered foxing, some pencil annotations in an early hand, else very good. Early owner's name on front free endpaper: "Caspar Shunk from `Will' Harrisburg 12 May 1857" and on verso of front free endpaper: "Mrs. Wm. F. Shunk, Pittsburg, June 1852. "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? Whichever it is, now rediscovered, it stirs and stimulates each succeeding generation, whether reading it for pleasure or with a scalpel. Within its pages can be found the sounds and scents, the very flavor, of the maritime life of our whaling ancestors"--Grolier.

Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. [5], vi-xxiii, [2], 2-634pp, [8]. Original blue-green cloth, title, author and publisher in gilt to spine with publisher's circular blind stamp to centre of covers, orange endpapers. Rebacked, with original back strip laid down, gilt to spine has largely been retouched (ie. bands to head, title, and author). Back strip lightly stained. Internally lightly browned and lightly foxed throughout, but nothing too obtrusive. Housed in a very good morocco backed drop back box, made by Asprey & Garrard. BAL 13664 (noting a variety of cloth and endpaper colours) Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original dark brown cloth with the circular publisher's device to the center, front and rear. Coated orange endpapers. The rear free endpaper has been sympathetically replaced. Six page of ads at the end. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. There is chipping at all edges of the original spine cloth. Much of the gilt lettering is still present. The corners show some repair. There is a 2" closed tear to the fore edge at one leaf, p. 123-124. There is some repair to the upper title, at the fore edge. The usual foxing, to varying degrees, is evident throughout. Rubbing to the rear endpapers. Very tight and without any names or bookplates. Contained in a new, lovely half-brown leather and cloth clamshell case. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xxxiii, 634(1) pages.

First edition in French, one of a very few copies printed. With headpiece after woodcut by Alexandre Noll and two plates. 512, [4], xx pp. 1 vols. 8vo. 'Je m'appelle Ishmaèl" - véritable édition originale de Moby Dick en français. The first notice of Moby Dick in French dates from the first volume of the Revue des Deux Mondes (1853) but Melville's vast novel was not translated into French until the 1930s. Jean Giono (1895-1970) was deeply influenced by American writers of the nineteenth century, starting with Whitman. "The second great American Giono discovered (in the 1930s) was Melville . translating Melville was a labor of love - for years Giono would read him in the open fields" (Edmund White). He began his translation in 1936; Joan Smith worked up a first draft that was rewritten by Giono and her friend Lucien Jacques, publisher of the Cahiers du Contadour. The translation appeared in pre-publication serial form in numbers V-VIII of the Cahiers, (May 1938 to February 1939). The first edition was published in the first half of 1939 in a small print run (variously described as only thirty copies or 600 copies), here in a choice contemporary binding with the wrappers preserved. The outbreak of war put an end to the literary efforts of the Cahiers du Contadour. Giono's translation gained wider distribution in the Gallimard reprint in May 1941. Giono's fictional reflections on Melville, Pour saluer Melville, were also published in 1941. RARE. OCLC: 459465908 (BnF); 97456850 (Harvard, Kentucky) Nut brown half morocco with gilt decorative paper sides, spine gilt, t.e.g., wrappers preserved, by Devauchelle. Textblock lightly toned, else fine With headpiece after woodcut by Alexandre Noll and two plates. 512, [4], xx pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition in French, one of a very few copies printed.

couverture souple. - Gallimard, Paris 1941, 14,5x21cm, broché. - Edition originale de la traduction française établie par Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith et Jean Giono, un des 112 exemplaires numérotés sur alfa, seuls grands papiers après 7 Chine et 55 pur fil. Bel et très rare exemplaire en grand papier de ce chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature anglo-saxonne, précoce manifeste écologiste contre la pêche intensive traduit par l'éternel amoureux de la nature. [ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] Moby Dick | Gallimard | Paris 1941 | 14,5 x 21 cm | original wrappers First edition of the French translation by Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith and Jean Giono, one of 112 numbered copies on alfa, only deluxe copies (grand papier) after 7 on chine and 55 on pur fil. A fine and very rare deluxe copy of this masterpiece of American literature, early ecologist manifesto against the intensive fishing, translated by the great French writer Jean Giono, longstanding lover of the natural world.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Melville, Herman. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. First Trade Edition with Kent Illustrations. Rebound in full leather. Housed in a matching custom archival slipcase.

AmericaÕs greatest novel signed by one of our greatest Presidents. This book President Franklin D. Roosevelt has inscribed it on the front blank as follows: "Junior Debating Society Prize, Groton School, 1942 / David Seall Biddts / from Franklin D. Roosevelt." This copy of Moby Dick, is bound in half brown morocco binding, with the Groton School seal stamped in gold on the front cover. The book is the prize Roosevelt gave and awarded to the winner of that year's debate competition. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was home schooled until the age of 14, after which he attended exclusive preparatory Groton School for grades 8 to 12, on his way to the mandatory 4 years at Harvard University. Roosevelt probably read Melville's great novel at Groton or Harvard, and that it impacted his intellectual life thereafter. FDR had a lifelong interest in the nautical world with collecting of Naval prints and autographs, as well as serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson. His Delano relations consisted of whalemen, China Traders, opium dealers, and deepwater mariners, including Amasa Delano (protagonist in Melville's Benito Cereno). Obviously, Moby Dick was a book he held in high esteem. According to Heilicher's monograph The Education of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt was an active member of the Groton debate team. As president, he continued to support the school and its activities, sponsoring the prize for the annual Junior Debating Society competition. Interestingly, this edition is a scarce 20th century reprint of Moby Dick, not appearing in Tanselle or BAL. The copyright page reads, "The Library Edition of Herman Melville's Works. First published 1925. Printed in USA." Leather binding shows rubbing at joints and corners. Text and inscription clean and fresh. 8vo, 20 cm. xii, 545 pp. b/w plates. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Easily the most beautiful edition of Melville s masterpiece, the great work of American literature that is Moby Dick. This, however, is also one of the best examples of illustration of the 20th century, full with Rockwell Kent s masterful and stylish Art Deco images in black and white. Published in 1930 by Lakeside Press, Chicago, this is the luxury limited edition (1,000 copies) produced in three large, hardback volumes. The condition is very good, aside from a slight water damage to the second and third volumes (several leaves are slightly damp-stained at the upper corner or margin). The damp-stained pages are in vol. II: 70-103 (margin, very slightly), 179-246 (upper corner), 255-270 (upper corner, very slightly); and in vol. III: 1-8 (upper corner, very slightly), 21-52 (upper corner), 129-212 (upper corner), 223-282 (upper corner). More images are available upon request.

First Edition Thus. Thick octavo (18.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in silver on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxxii,822,[8]pp; illus. Tipped onto the front endpaper is a drypoint illustration of a whaling ship at sea (measuring 5.25" x 6 6/8"), signed "Albert V. Sielke 30" in plate, and "A.V. Sielke 30" in pencil directly below. Base of spine gently nudged, else a fresh, Fine copy, with the decorative elements entirely unrubbed. Dustjacket shows some trivial wear, three tiny tears, and minute loss to upper corner tips, else a bright, fresh, copy, without toning or loss of color; Near Fine. First trade edition of Melville's novel illustrated by Rockwell Kent, following the three-volume Lakeside Press edition published the same year. One of the most iconic illustrated books of the 20th century, and a highpoint of Art Deco design and typography. A superior copy of a book that is almost always found well-worn. Tanselle, A Checklist of Editions of Moby Dick (1922-1951), No.18.

Hardback. Condition: As New. Books unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition. Insignificant rubbing on slipcase. This is a heavy item and an extra charge will be requested to cover the additional cost of shipping.

188 x 153 mm. (7 3/8 x 6"). xxxi, [i], 822, [6] pp. MEMORABLE WHITE TEXTURED MOROCCO, UPPER COVER WITH A REALISTIC EMERGENT PLASTIC EYEBALL, white morocco onlay forming upper and lower eyelids, gilt lettering on upper cover and spine. With more than 250 large and small woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. Title and one other leaf with ink stamp of the Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, with call number in ballpoint pen. The Artist and the Book 140; Lewis, p. 145; Zigrosser, p. 62 (all citing deluxe edition). â Faint offsetting from illustrations, one leaf with small splash stain in margin, otherwise, a fine copy, the binding as new. This is the trade edition of an outstanding American illustrated book; at least as interestingly, it is a binding that brings us face-to-face with the eye of the elusive cetacean adversary at the center of the narrative of perhaps the greatest piece of American literature ever written. In "The 20th Century Book," John Lewis calls Kent's "Moby Dick" nothing short of "a stupendous piece of illustration." Lewis says that "there is a mystic streak that runs through [Kent's] work, enabling him, if not to match Melville's magnificent prose, at least to give some pictorial substance to this allegory." A painter and illustrator with transcendentalist and mystical tendencies, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) spent much of his career living in, visiting, and producing images of rural or remote locations. His paintings of Maine, Alaska, Newfoundland, and Tierra del Fuego helped establish a reputation sufficient to encourage the publisher R. R. Donnelley to approach Kent in 1926 with the request to illustrate an edition of Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast." Kent suggested "Moby Dick" instead, the publisher wisely agreed, and when the limited edition appeared, it sold out immediately. This prompted demand for a trade edition, which also met with a warm reception. Although certainly not obscure, "Moby Dick" was surprisingly less well known at the time of our publication than it is today, and the popularity of the Kent illustrated edition was significant in reinforcing the novel as the classic it is now considered. The somewhat unsettling binding here is a visual manifestation of the "inscrutable malice" Ahab attributes to his nemesis, called by Day "the mysterious cause of man's involuntary fate, and the entity that resists and frustrates his conscious goals and endeavors.". First Trade Edition with these Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This lot includes The original studio film script housed in a quarter leather clam shell box. The script is signed on the front cover under the title printed on a simple label affixed to a plane brown wrapper. In addition there are 2 other scripts. One is a 134pp copy of the "final" script which is textually different from the original. Another copy of a script, in two parts, both spiral bound and dated 2/22/54 is stamped "final" and is signed in ink by Bradbury under his name on the title page. The former is copied on 8 1/2" x 14" paper and the latter on 8 1/2" x 11. Also included is a copy of the book, Moby Dick or the White Whale, London: Collins 1954. Later edition. An impressive copy signed twice and inscribed by the director and co-author, John Huston and members of the British cast of the film. 16 signatures in all. Bradbury inscribed the title page: "Ray Bradbury, Screenwriter, Damn Huston! Nov. 13, 1998" a reference to Bradbury's struggles with Huston over the writing of the screenplay and the final shared screenplay credit with Huston. A very good copy in an edgeworn, chipped dust jacket. Tipped in are two original photographs from the film that started Bradbury's continuing love affair with Melville and Moby Dick which has influenced a number of his writings culminating in his novel Green Shadows. White Whale based on his experiences writing the Moby Dick Screenplay. Last, a hardcover copy, in shrink wrap, of Moby Dick: A Screenplay by Ray Bradbury; William Touponce [ed.]Published by Subterranean Press, Burton, MI, 2008. Signed by Author(s).

In-8 carré ( 215 X 165 mm ) de pp. [1-4], 5-512-2-XV-1 [2] ff. ( table ), broché sous couverture imprimée. Bois gravé de Alexandre NOLL et planche hors-texte. VERITABLE et RARISSIME EDITION ORIGINALE de la première traduction française de MOBY DICK par Lucien JACQUES, Joan SMITH et Jean GIONO envolume, publiée dans les Cahiers du Contadour ( Nos 5 à 8 ) entre mai 1938 et mars 1939. Ces Cahiers fondés par Giono en 1936 s'arrêtèrent au début de la guerre. Sur les 600 exemplaires initialement prévus, il n'en subsisterait qu'une trentaine à la suite d'un sinistre sur le lieu de stockage. Ex-libris manuscrit Jacqueline MOYSE. Justification de tirage au cachet au faux-titre ( n°356 ). Micro fente de 1,5 cm à un mors, bel exemplaire, condition rare. Edition-Originale Littérature.

Hard Cover. LIMITED EDITION, Number 1394 of 1750 Numbered Copies. Large octavo, pp. xxxii, 730, [4] (Text); 306 (Commentary). Text volume illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent. Full black smooth-grain leather blocked in white and silver with a design by Rockwell Kent, top edge silver, with grey ribbon place-marker; Commentary bound in black cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, with black ribbon place-marker. Both volumes housed together in black cloth-covered drop-back box with silver titles to spine. Both volumes are in near fine condition, in like slipcase. Melville's classic story in an edition which follows the spelling and punctuation of the 1851 original, with minor emendations, and the superb 1930 Lakeside Press Rockwell Kent illustrations. The detailed commentary volume includes a biographical note and bibliography. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

First edition of Rockwell Kent's profusely illustrated edition of the great American novel. Octavo, original black cloth decorated in gilt, illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Ann Busby by Rockwell Kent." In very good condition. A bright 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). The artist Rockwell Kent did more than provide the illustrations for this landmark edition he designed the entire book. "His energy, many-sided activities and preoccupation with integrated book design made him one of the best known American illustrators of his time" (Harthan, 247).