MELVILLE, Herman; Rockwell KENT: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.

Folio Soc. Limited Edn. .Melville, Herman; Rockwell KENT [illus.]; Beaver, Harold [commentary]: Moby Dick or The Whale. Folio Society, 2009, Limited edn. # 1563 of 1750 copies. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent from the 1930 Lakeside Press edition. 2 Volume Set. Bound in full black leather blocked in white and silver with a design by Rockwell Kent, top edge silver. Commentary by Harold Beaver bound in black cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board. Both volumes housed together in black cloth-covered clamshell box, with silver titles to spine; (25x18 cm). Fine copy

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