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Moby Dick: Or The Whale by Melville, Herman - 1930

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Moby Dick: Or The Whale by Melville, Herman - 1930

Moby Dick: Or The Whale

by Melville, Herman

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USA: Random House, 1930. First Trade Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall. Ellizabeth Colborne. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date is 1930, First trade edition with Kent's illustrations, Random House, hardcover, short 8vo., gilt title and illustration.Very Good Plus, light bumping to spine ends, small loss to silver near B of title on front board, very small abrasion to bottom edge of rear board, rear blank page clipped at top corner, contents otherwise complete, clean and unmarked, a much better than average copy.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Illustrator Ellizabeth Colborne
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition No Jacket
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Trade Edition.
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Random House
  • Place of Publication USA
  • Date Published 1930
  • Pages 822
  • Keywords Novel
  • Size 12mo - over 6� - 7�\" tall

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The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose - IN AN UNUSUAL 3 DIMENSIONAL, CUSTOM LEATHER...

The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose - IN AN UNUSUAL 3 DIMENSIONAL, CUSTOM LEATHER BINDING

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New York: A New Directions Book / James Laughlin, 1954 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Bound by Rick Tuttle in full metallic blue leather, with a sculpted wood boat attached at the top of the cover, a flowing wake of water behind it, and water endpapers. Half-title, photographic frontis, 64pp. Inner joint starting between frontis and title page, paper thinned with erasure on dedication page. Binding is tight. BEAT POET. Includes signed correspondence from the binder to the previous owner.
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The Autopsy and Other Tales  [SCARCE, Signed, Limited Edition]

The Autopsy and Other Tales [SCARCE, Signed, Limited Edition]

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[Lakewood, Colorado]: Centipede Press, 2008 LIMITED EDITION, this being #286 of 500 Copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce, with only 3 copies in OCLC. 592pp, [3], bound in black textured paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight, silk ribbon intact, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. American Horror Tales.
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Leaving Cheyenne
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Leaving Cheyenne

by McMurtry, Larry

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New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. First state dustjacket is not price clipped. Dustjacket has original price of $4.50 shadowed by a light sticker residue. Signed on the front free endpaper in blue ink by Larry McMurtry with his early, very legible signature. A beautiful copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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Palm Leaf Manuscript on Ayurvedic Medicine, written in Malayalam Script, from Kerala, India
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Kerala, India: Original Manuscript Circa 18th - 19th Century. From the Collection of Jacques Marchais [1887-1948] who in 1938 opened an Indian and Tibetan Art Gallery in Manhatten, to fund her desire to build a center of Tibetan Art on her property in Staten Island, showing her label on the wooden cover. The polished, bevelled wooden boards measure 9-1/2" long by 1-1/4" top to bottom. The stack measures 2-1/4" thick with the wooden covers, and 1-3/4" thick without the wooden covers, with a jute cord running through two holes in the book. With 82 leaves total, which were inscribed with a sharp stylus, then covered in ink made from oil and lampblack, wiping off the excess to reveal the Malayalam script. A few small annotations in pencil, in English, reveal some of the translations, *"Errhine for Coma" [Errhine means to be stuffed into the nose] *"Fever pill" *"Cure for sundry genital disorders" and *"Ginger powder". Malayalam script is… Read More
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History of a Fishing Trip. Written to Order by the Keeper of the Records.
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History of a Fishing Trip. Written to Order by the Keeper of the Records.

by [Lowery, F.W.]

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[np]: [Privately Printed], 1933. Limited Edition, First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good + / near fine. A very good plus / near fine first edition limited to 100 copies, as stated. 1/4 brown cloth over brown paper boards with gilt title-stamping on cover. One light short scuff to front cover with a few light scuffs on the back. Minor rubbing and miniscule loss at head and tail of spine. Wear to edge of front cover. Mild toning to pastedowns and page edges. 130 pp., including appendix. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall, octavo. A lovely and entertaining story and beautiful piece of prose about a salmon fishing trip on Anticosti.
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The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose - IN AN UNUSUAL 3 DIMENSIONAL, CUSTOM LEATHER...

The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose - IN AN UNUSUAL 3 DIMENSIONAL, CUSTOM LEATHER BINDING

by Patchen, Kenneth

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New York: A New Directions Book / James Laughlin, 1954 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Bound by Rick Tuttle in full metallic blue leather, with a sculpted wood boat attached at the top of the cover, a flowing wake of water behind it, and water endpapers. Half-title, photographic frontis, 64pp. Inner joint starting between frontis and title page, paper thinned with erasure on dedication page. Binding is tight. BEAT POET. Includes signed correspondence from the binder to the previous owner.
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The Autopsy and Other Tales  [SCARCE, Signed, Limited Edition]

The Autopsy and Other Tales [SCARCE, Signed, Limited Edition]

by Shea, Michael

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[Lakewood, Colorado]: Centipede Press, 2008 LIMITED EDITION, this being #286 of 500 Copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce, with only 3 copies in OCLC. 592pp, [3], bound in black textured paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight, silk ribbon intact, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. American Horror Tales.
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Leaving Cheyenne
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Leaving Cheyenne

by McMurtry, Larry

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New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Printing. First state dustjacket is not price clipped. Dustjacket has original price of $4.50 shadowed by a light sticker residue. Signed on the front free endpaper in blue ink by Larry McMurtry with his early, very legible signature. A beautiful copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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Palm Leaf Manuscript on Ayurvedic Medicine, written in Malayalam Script, from Kerala, India
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Kerala, India: Original Manuscript Circa 18th - 19th Century. From the Collection of Jacques Marchais [1887-1948] who in 1938 opened an Indian and Tibetan Art Gallery in Manhatten, to fund her desire to build a center of Tibetan Art on her property in Staten Island, showing her label on the wooden cover. The polished, bevelled wooden boards measure 9-1/2" long by 1-1/4" top to bottom. The stack measures 2-1/4" thick with the wooden covers, and 1-3/4" thick without the wooden covers, with a jute cord running through two holes in the book. With 82 leaves total, which were inscribed with a sharp stylus, then covered in ink made from oil and lampblack, wiping off the excess to reveal the Malayalam script. A few small annotations in pencil, in English, reveal some of the translations, *"Errhine for Coma" [Errhine means to be stuffed into the nose] *"Fever pill" *"Cure for sundry genital disorders" and *"Ginger powder". Malayalam script is… Read More
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History of a Fishing Trip. Written to Order by the Keeper of the Records.
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History of a Fishing Trip. Written to Order by the Keeper of the Records.

by [Lowery, F.W.]

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[np]: [Privately Printed], 1933. Limited Edition, First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good + / near fine. A very good plus / near fine first edition limited to 100 copies, as stated. 1/4 brown cloth over brown paper boards with gilt title-stamping on cover. One light short scuff to front cover with a few light scuffs on the back. Minor rubbing and miniscule loss at head and tail of spine. Wear to edge of front cover. Mild toning to pastedowns and page edges. 130 pp., including appendix. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall, octavo. A lovely and entertaining story and beautiful piece of prose about a salmon fishing trip on Anticosti.
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Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics)
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Moby Dick (Wordsworth Classics)

by Herman Melville

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9781853260087
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1853260088
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Moby Dick

by Melville, Herman

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Moby Dick: The Young Collectors Illustrated Classics/Ages 8-12
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Moby Dick: The Young Collectors Illustrated Classics/Ages 8-12

by Melville, Herman

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9781561563081
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1561563080
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Moby-Dick (Bantam Classics)
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Moby-Dick (Bantam Classics)

by Melville, Herman

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9780553213119
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0553213113
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UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
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Moby Dick

by Melville, Herman

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1403776954
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Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

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9781453063163
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1453063161
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Moby Dick
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

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9781453063163
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1453063161
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

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9789994541485
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999454148X
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Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

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999454148X
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Moby-Dick (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
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Moby-Dick (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)

by Herman Melville

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9780486432151
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0486432157
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