Hardcover
1852 · New York
by Melville, Herman
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1852. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. The “Town Ho’s Story” appeared on pages 659-665 in the October 1851 issue of Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. It was the first appearance of any part of the great novel Moby Dick and became chapter 54 in the book. A publisher’s note on page 659 says: “From The Whale, the title of a new work by Mr. Melville, now in the press of Harper and Brothers, and now publishing in London by Mr. Bentley.” The chapter concerns a potential mutiny and the appearance of Moby Dick that thwarted the uprising. It was a first report of the white whale while at sea.
The volume is bound in contemporary quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt titling and raised bands to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards, hinges, and corners. Interior pages are clean and bright overall with occasional spots of foxing and browning. Very good condition. 864 pages. PER/031424. (Inventory #: 37180)
The volume is bound in contemporary quarter black leather over black cloth boards with gilt titling and raised bands to spine. Minor wear to edges of boards, hinges, and corners. Interior pages are clean and bright overall with occasional spots of foxing and browning. Very good condition. 864 pages. PER/031424. (Inventory #: 37180)
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