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Modern Library, 2000-10-10. Paperback. New.

Modern Library, 2000-10-10. Paperback. Like New.

Modern Library, 2000-10-09. paperback. New. 5x1x7. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Princeton Review, 2000. Paperback. New. modern library edition. 851 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.50 inches.

Modern Library, 2000-10-10. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Random House, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. POOR condition. No dust jacket. Black cloth over boards is faded, and the silver title and design is almost all but gone, and the same applies to the title and design on spine. Cloth is worn through on lower corner tip, and wearing to the other tips, but not through to cardboard. Tips are dented. Significant wearing to the upper and lower joints, front and back, are worn through. Lower front joint is significantly worn, as is bottom of the spine. Rip on front lower joint. Deep scratch approx 3/4" in length on lower portion of spine. Front board has a bit of a bow. Stain on fore-edge towards the bottom. Extends 3" upward from lower corner and an inch on bottom of text block from the bottom. Small stains/foxing on outside edge of block. Darkening of glue on endpapers and in the gutter. Split in gutter between flyleaf and half title page. Some of the illustrations have left imprints on the pages opposite. No marks or writing on pages.… Read More

Random House, 1930. Hardcover. Used - Good. NO DUST JACKET. 1930 hardcover illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Binding is still resonably strong and pages are unmarked. Top-right corner of front board has a bump andn 1/2 inch edge tear. Also, 1/2 inch tear where rear board meets top of spine. Some wear to other corners and edges. Cover image is well preserved; spine image less so. Page illustrations are bold and sharp.

New York: Garden City Publishing Co., 1937. Hardcover. xxxii, 822, [2] pp. Octavo. No dust-jacket. Original blue cloth with gilt whale design on spine and facade. Gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Previous owner's bookplate on paste-down. Inscribed by previous owner on front free-endpaper in blue ink. Half-title included. B/W frontispiece. Further B/W illustrations throughout book, all by Rockwell Kent. Kent's illustrations in this edition have been taken from his drawings in The Lakeside Press three volume limited edition. Illustrations unreferenced in contents. Very little dentng to cloth boards or spine. Cloth of book well-preserved outside of very minor tears at the top and bottom edges of spine. Slight fading and loss of gilt to spine. Minor discoloration to facade as well as slight loss of gilt due to wear over time. Minor staining to fore-edge. Interior is extremely clean and undamaged. A good copy of this 1937, De Luxe edition. The still renowned and widely studied 1851 novel,… Read More

London: Cassell & Company | printed at the Lakeside Press (Chicago), 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 822, [6] pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's black cloth, lacking dust jacket. Binding rubbed and hinges a trifle loose; nevertheless, it presents fairly well. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1936, otherwise, internally clean. Three asterisks stamped beneath the imprint on the title page--a stamp seen on other, but not all copies of the Cassell edition, nevertheless likely from the publisher. This appears to be the first English edition, though the binding does not have the title stamped in gilt on the front cover as seen in other examples. Tanselle, in his A Checklist of Editions of Moby-Dick, 1851-1976, writes of the first, quarto edition of Kent's work: "The most elaborate physical presentation which had been accorded to Moby-Dick up to this time, and one of the finest examples of bookmaking to found among all the editions of his work.… Read More

Franklin Center:: Franklin Library,. Near Fine. 1980. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Limited edition. Octavos, fully bound in gray leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spines, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmarks. Trace foxing on top edges, else both volumes are fine.; 630 pages .

NY:: Random House,. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. First edition thus. Moderate edge wear and aging, previous owner's name on front paste-down, else very good in black cloth with silver lettering and design on the spine and front board. No dust jacket.; 822 pages .

NY:: Random House,. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. First edition thus. Short tear to the cloth at the crown of the spine, moderate shelf wear and aging, previous owner's name and date (1930) on front free endpaper, else very good in black cloth with sliver lettering and design on the front board and spine. No dust jacket.; 825 pages .

1930 Moby Dick Rockwell Kent ART 1ed Herman Melville Whaling Voyage Illustrated

"Moby Dick"is perhaps the most famous sea adventure novel of the 19th-century. First appearing in periodicals, Herman Melville's most famous work saw an initial mix of responses on its way to becoming one of the great American novels. The books rise to fame even caused authors like William Faulkner stating that he wished he had written the book himself. While the work itself is a story of hunting the great whale Moby Dick, it is written with themes regarding social class, good and evil, and the existence of God.

This valuable 1930 American edition, or, the first Kent edition, was published by Random House and includes famous illustrations by the beloved artist, Rockwell Kent. The Kent illustrated editions are considered the best 'Moby Dick' printings and are known to have helped propel 'Moby Dick' to the classic status it holds today.

Item number: #30741
Price: $499

MELVILLE, Herman; KENT, Rockwell (Illus.)

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E-342, E-333: Random House. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Square. Published by Random House, New York. 1930. Xxxi, 822 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Bound in black cloth with silver pictorial design on the spine and front cover. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly faded and lightly chipped at the crown of the spine). Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Moby Dick looms large in America's literary consciousness — and the style and philosophical content of Melville's 1851 epic was generations ahead of its time. Today the chronicle of a vengeful captain's obsessive, self-destructive search for a white whale ranks among the great American novels, and this volume does full justice to its preeminence. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 822 pages .

Modern Library, 1982. Hbk 822pp, illustr throughout Rockwell Kent woodcuts, fine crisp clean and bright dj, not price-clipped or faded and now in protective sleeve, prev ownerÕs name neatly on front pastedown (completely covered by the dj front flap), fine sharp brown leatherette with bright gilt spine titles, altogether an excellent clean tight unmarked copy of this increasingly hard-to-find reprinting of the 1958 original Kent edition

Random House. New York. 1930. FIRST TRADE ROCKWELL KENT EDITION. 8vo. (7.4 x 5.8 inches). Illustrated by Rockwell Kent with woodcuts throughout the text, with full-page plates, chapter head- and tailpieces, other smaller cuts in the text. Finely bound in recent full black morocco, spine with five raised bands. Red title label. The compartments ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. Published in the same year by the Lakeside Press of Chicago in a large format, three-volume, limited edition, this trade edition proved immensely popular. It has been credited with contributing greatly to the rediscovery of Moby Dick as a classic. A fine copy.

New York: Random House. 1930. First edition with these illustrations. First edition with these illustrations. Trade issue. Beautifully bound by Stephen Conway in full black leather with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine. Hand sewn endbands. All edges gilt. Original publisher's cloth bound in at the rear. With 272 woodcut illustrations throughout the text by Rockwell Kent. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and bright throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. First produced as a three volume limited Lakeside Press edition of 1,000 copies before being published as a one volume trade edition by Random House, Rockwell's stark, dramatic visual take on Moby Dick brought the (then relatively obscure) classic American novel firmly into the 20th century and quickly reinvigorated interest in Melville's work; the Rockwell edition is even now often hailed as the definitive Moby Dick. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on… Read More

New York: Random House, 1930. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition thus. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in silver. Near Fine with the silver stamping very sharp and bright; bump to bottom corner of front boards, pages toned, rear endsheet soiled. In a Very Good dust jacket with toning to the spine and chipping to the spine ends with short splits starting at the joints, rubbing to flap folds with several tape reinforcements made to the verso. A lovely example of Melville's classic illustrated by Rockwell Kent, with bright silver stamping and in a descent dust jacket.

New York: Random House, 1930. Hardcover. Duodecimo. xxxii, 825 pages. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with titles and illustration stamped in silver on spine and upper board. Some shallow bumps at spine ends. Jacket has a bit of chipping at spine ends. Overall a much better copy than normally found.. Rockwell Kent. The first trade edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of Moby Dick. Indeed, if not for this particular edition it is likely no one would know this book today. Melville's great novel was not well received when published in 1851, and it (and he) languished in relative obscurity through the rest of the 19th century.<br /> <br /> Rockwell Kent was a superstar in the late 1920s world of fine illustrated editions. He produced these nearly 300 illustrations for a lavish edition that was printed in three volumes by The Lakeside Press in 1930. His inspiration came from his immersion in Melville's text as he worked over a… Read More

New York: Random House, 1930. First Edition Thus. 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. 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… Read More