1930 Moby Dick 1ed Herman Melville Whaling Voyage Whale Rockwell Kent ART

1930 Moby Dick 1^ed Herman Melville Whaling Voyage Whale Rockwell Kent ART

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I’ll go to it laughing.” \

― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

‘Moby Dick’ is perhaps the most famous sea adventure novel of the 19^th-century. First appearing in periodicals, Herman Melville’s most famous work saw an initial mix of responses on its way to becoming a ‘Great American Novel’, even causing authors like William Faulkner to wish they had written the book themselves. While the work itself is a story of hunting the great whale Moby Dick, it is written with themes on social class, good and evil, and even the existence of God.

This valuable 1930 American edition was published by Random House and includes famous illustrations by Rockwell Kent – the first Kent edition. The Kent illustrated editions are considered the best of all ‘Moby Dick’ printings and are known to have propelled ‘Moby Dick’ to the classic status it has today.

Item number: #26482

Price: $499

MELVILLE, Herman

Moby Dick: or The Whale

New York: Random House, 1930. First Kent edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xxxi, [1], 822, [6]
  • Many full page and in-text illustrations throughout
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Decorative blue cloth
• Size: ~8in X 5.75in (20.5cm x 15cm)

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