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Narratives Of The Wreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex; Of Nantucket Which Was Destroyed By A Whale In The Pacific Ocean In The Year 1819
by Chase, Owen
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
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About This Item
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very good. Narratives Of The Wreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex, published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1935.. Quarto, [89pp]. Yellow and green cloth, title in gilt on spine. Cloth is worn along the hinge of the spine, light soiling. Top edge gilt. Previous ownership label on front endpaper. Loose pages laid in at illustrations to reduce transference. From a limited edition of 275 copies, with 250 being for sale. This is copy number 23. (Chanticleer, 109) A scarce limited edition, with an interesting provenance. From the private collection of C.G. Littell, with associated letter from the proprietor of the Golden Cockerel Press, Mr. Christopher Sandford. In the letter, Sandford acknowledges a criticism of Mr. Littell that the book was printed with "entirely too much ink." Sandford agrees and offers to change out the book for him.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10370
- Title
- Narratives Of The Wreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex; Of Nantucket Which Was Destroyed By A Whale In The Pacific Ocean In The Year 1819
- Author
- Chase, Owen
- Illustrator
- Narratives Of The Wreck Of The Whale-Ship Essex, published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1935.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- first edition Herman Melville, first edition Moby Dick, Rockwell Kent first edition, Rockwell Kent Illustrated Moby Dick, Rockwell Kent Moby Dick
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- Quarto
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