Harper & Brothers, 1874. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover with beveled boards, full green cloth with central gilt image to front board with black ruled borders, spine with gilt lettering and decorative rules, publisher logo and rules in black on rear board, brown clay-coated endpapers, title page vignette (same image as front board stamp) and plate illustrations, 7-5/8" x 5-1/2", 403 pp. Slight wear to corners, very minor flecking to cloth, a lovely example. As Edward Stone pointed out (Studies in the Novel, Winter 1975), Nimrod closely resembles Herman Melville's Moby-Dick in many ways, but in no way mentions or credits it; nor do either of the two reviews in Harper's Magazine, including one of 10,000 words. "That the silence regarding Melville's greatest novel could be shared by author and reviewer of Nimrod convincingly demonstrates that within a single generation Melville had become the 'buried author.

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Bookseller: Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002159
Title: Nimrod of the Sea; or, The American Whaleman
Author: Davis, William M
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date Published: 1874
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: whaling maritime

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Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
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Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...