Moby Dick, or the Whale
New York: Hendricks House, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Item #00084467
Reprint of the 1952 edition. Crisp, clean pages except for a faint pencil ghost on the front free endpaper and a small, clear oil stain on page xlvii; the full blue cloth cover has a few tiny white specks and nearly negligible finish wear at the corners. The red portions of the dust jacket's backstrip have faded, but the red pattern on the front remains bright; there is a short, neatly closed tear and crease at the top front, a faintly greenish smudge at the right front, a thin line of pale gray smudging along the right rear edge, and a scattering of tiny edge chips around the head edges, but remains overall quite attractive and is now protected in a clear sleeve. lii, 857pp. incl. index (pertaining to introduction and notes). The Hendricks House editions of Melville's works remain crucial. ; 857 pp.
Price: $700.00