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MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale.
MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. 12mo, original green binding with publisher's device blindstamped in center of covers, unevenly faded, recased with spine glued down (separation between blank and title), with color touch-up at head of spine, tips, and a few areas along edges; mild creasing to right margin of contents, fibers not broken; 6-page publisher's advertisement in rear; early owner's name and date in ink on rear blank verso; custom cloth chemise and 1/4 green morocco slipcase. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851
- Notes: first american edition. This edition contains thirty-five passages and the "Epilogue" omitted from the first English edition which preceded it by a month. BAL 13664; Sadleir, Excursions 229.
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