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Kent, Rockwell. Melville, Herman. MOBY DICK. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1930. The Artist and the Book, 140. Edition of 1000 copies. First edition thus. Three volumes, quarto, 279, 284, and 282pp. 280 illustrations by Kent after his ink and wash drawings, except that the title pages of each volume are prints made from copper-plate engravings by Kent (Burne-Jones 58-60). Housed in the original aluminum slipcase. Jo Mielziner's copy, with his signature on the front endpaper. Near Fine throughout, with some light scuffs from use to the slipcase and the volumes.and with the ineviable offsetting from the illustrations, and lacking, as with most sets, the original acetate wrappers.
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- Bookseller
- Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13536
- Title
- MOBY DICK
- Author
- Melville, Herman
- Illustrator
- Kent, Rockwell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
Biblio member since 2008
PORTLAND, Maine
About Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts
A FINE THING is a bookstore and art gallery in Portland Maine, specializing in fine prints by American and European artists, art reference books, photography books, and children's books. We have a website at www.edpollackfinearts.com
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...