Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume III (3) [With the Town Ho's Story from Moby Dick] June to November 1851

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851. 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 modern black leatherette over cream paper covered boards with paper title labels to spine. Light wear to covers. Interior pages have occasional spots of foxing and browning. Very good condition. 864 pages. PER/031424. (Inventory #: 37179)