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1922167606London: Bombay Sydney Constable and Company Ltd 1922-24. A handsome set of this major edition The Standard Edition number 23 of 750 sets only signed by the publisher as issued and rarely encountered in a contemporary binding in such nice condition given the episodic nature of the publication. The Standard Edition comprises all of Melville's major works including the first edition of the novella Billy Budd which was discovered in manuscript among Melville's papers in 1924. 16 vols octavo 222 x 143 mm. Contemporary blue half morocco spines lettered in gilt with nautical motifs blue watered silk sides marbled endpapers top edges gilt. A fine set. unknown
1930142517Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. black cloth with decorations and title stamped in silver top edge stained black aluminum slipcase. Kent Rockwell. 4to. black cloth with decorations and title stamped in silver top edge stained black aluminum slipcase. xxvii 1 279; vi 2 284; vii 1 282 5 pages. With a total of 280 illustrations by Rockwell Kent printed in black. Three volumes. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies printed by the Lakeside Press under the supervision of William A. Kittredge The Artist and the Book no.140; Bolton p.94; Blumenthal The Printed Book in America plate 48. Lacking the publisher's acetate jackets. Spines nearly free of fading with a hint of discoloration to the spine ends small half-inch abrasion to the top fore-edge of the rear board of volume one very minor bump to the top corner of the front board of volume two. Very minor wear and uneven toning to the aluminum slipcase. Internally a very light dark finger smudge to the verso of the 2nd blank of volume one very light offsetting of the engravings to the opposite pages as usual volumes two and three are partially unopened else a practically unread fine set of one of the finest productions produced by The Lakeside Press.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> One of the most notable of Kent's illustrated books and a classic interpretation of Melville's story. Kent had complete creative control over his edition and "spent five years researching and designing his project during which time he discovered many of the 19th-century textual and visual sources that had influenced Melville" Abrams p. 377. The three-volume set was also one of the four titles produced by R. R. Donnelley and Sons' Lakeside Press under the "Four American Books" campaign with the other three being Edgar Allan Poe's Tales Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. It was Moby Dick however that sold out completely and was hailed as among the great American illustrated books of the century and it is also credited with reviving public interest in a sublime but difficult novel.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> The book contains 280 striking wood cuts by Kent which are reproduced to illustrate Melville's classic nineteenth century whaling novel. Beautiful silver-stamped cover and spine design by Kent. Epilogue at rear.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> "The most lasting contribution of the undertaking though was Kent's Moby Dick. Still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of this American Classic it positioned Chicago as a major center in the history of American book illustration design and production" Coventry "Four American Books Campaign" Chicago by the Book p.121. The Lakeside Press unknown
1930140938372Chicago IL: The Lakeside Press 1930. First Edition Thus. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies. Three volumes in publisher's acetate jackets in aluminum slipcase. Presentation copy signed by Rockwell Kent on the front free end paper of Volume I "Inscribed with affectionate friendship to Putzie - Rockwell Kent 1950." Volumes II and III bear Rockwell Kent-illustrated bookplates of Marie Luise Hinrichs. Near Fine. Narrow strips of sunning to spine cloth at ends light rubbing to cloth at extremities and light abrasions to black topstains. Pages toned and with offsetting from illustrations. Acetate wrappers are wrinkled and shrunken with age as is typical and show a bit of chipping and edge wear with some separation starting between the acetate and a paper flap on both volumes II and III; acetate on volume II with light staining. Aluminum slipcase is lightly worn bumped at top and bottom edge. A stunning presentation copy inscribed by Kent and with bookplates designed by him as well. The Lakeside Press unknown
19301974Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. Limited Edition one of 1000 copies. Hardcovers in publisher's aluminum slipcase. Quartos. 891 pages in total. Fine in good somewhat brittle acetate jackets all housed in the original aluminum slipcase. The volumes are bound in black cloth over bevelled boards with spines and upper boards titled and decorated in stamped silver foil top edges black. Acetate jackets have overall wrinkling a few chips and tears and are fragile. A strikingly well-preserved set of this amazing edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. The stunning limited edition of what is widely regarded as the definitive edition of "Moby Dick." Melville's great novel was not well received when published in 1851 and it and he languished in relative obscurity through the rest of the 19th century. Rockwell Kent came to the rescue with the nearly 300 illustrations he produced for this edition while deeply immersing himself in the text as he worked over a period of years. The result is the closest thing possible to a Kent-Melville collaboration.<br /> <br /> Nicknamed "the fish in the can" because of the distinctive aluminum slipcase that houses the three volumes this edition is also a landmark in 20th century American fine press work book illustration and design. It was conceived and produced by the Lakeside Press for their "Four American Books" project. <br /> <br /> The Lakeside Press was the fine press division of the R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company of Chicago and the "American Books" project was designed to demonstrate their ability to execute fine printing on par with European presses. The other three books in the series were Edgar Allan Poe's "Tales" "Two Years Before the Mast" by Richard Henry Dana and Thoreau's "Walden."<br /> <br /> A beautiful set in original acetate jackets and slipcase.<br /> <br /> Ref. BADARACCO; THE LAKESIDE PRESS ANNOUNCES ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF AMERICAN BOOKS. The Lakeside Press hardcover
192271774London: Constable and Company Ltd 1922-24. Includes the first edition of Billy Budd The standard edition limited to 750 copies. The Standard Edition was published episodically and includes among other pieces the first edition of the novella Billy Budd which was discovered in manuscript among Melville's papers that year. 16 vols octavo. Title pages printed in blue and black. Attractively bound in recent in full blue morocco double red morocco labels spines with gilt ship motifs in compartments gilt rules to spines and sides top edges gilt others uncut. A fine set. unknown
193055285Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. First edition thus. Overall near fine. The legendary Lakeside Press limited edition - among the greatest illustrated interpretations of a great American novel a key publication in the Melville Revival and Kent's spellbinding masterpiece. A fine balance of philosophy and comedy like DON QUIXOTE but with epic Miltonic undertones MOBY DICK 1851 was not only Melville's most ambitious work to date but became one of his biggest flops. By his death in 1891 the book was out of print and would have to wait until the 1920s for a critical resurrection one solidified in no small part by this edition. Approached in 1926 by Lakeside Press to illustrate a classic of American literature Kent gladly accepted the commission but insisted upon MOBY DICK as his subject. The book became a four-year obsession in which Kent strove to match both Melville's transcendent heights and ordinary elegances. The most striking images are of the White Whale: sublime alien cosmic. Kent's mystic vision of MOBY DICK has shaped our approach to the work ever since. A modern monument. Three volumes 11.5'' x 8.25'' each. Original black cloth stamped in silver with Kent-designed titles and images. Black topstains other edges uncut and largely unopened. In original acetate jackets with paper flaps and original aluminum slipcase. Illustrated by Kent with 280 images. xxvii 279 1; viii 284; viii 282 8 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Moderate rubbing to slipcase. Spine of vol. I acetate perished vol. II acetate split at spine some rippling and a few closed tears as typical. Cloth sharp. Interiors a trifle musty but crisp and clean. Tight. Scarce with slipcase and all acetates. The Lakeside Press unknown
1930250348<p>Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. Limited Deluxe and First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/lacks the very fragile acetate dust jackets. ROCKWELL KENT. Quartos Kent-decorated silver stamping on black cloth black cloth lightly rubbed The Company was R. R. Donnelley & Sons. EX LIBRIS R. R. DONNELLEY II grandson of RRD1; inscribed to him on the endpaper by Rockwell Kent. Oddly this limited edition was not designed to be autographed by Kent <br /><br />"Probably the most impressive single work in American literature" -Arthur Mizener quoted in FAMOUS AMERICAN BOOKS 16. This is the first of the Four American Books produced by The Lakeside Press in its effort "to produce definitively illustrated books of American literature by American artists and particularly such books as are read for entertainment -- the Prospectus." ". printed under the supervision of William A. Kittredge. The most elaborate physical presentation which had been accorded to MOBY DICK up to this time and one of the finest examples of bookmaking to be found among all the editions of his works. Kent's illustrations are now perhaps the best-known illustrations for MOBY DICK and are certainly among the most effective --Tanselle's MOBY DICK Checklist 17." "One of a thousand copies containing 8 more illustrations than the trade edition -THE ARTIST & THE BOOK p.96" The complete run was "very heavily oversubscribed" at its original price of $52.00. In fact there were 1027 copies produced. Rockwell Kent made nearly 300 drawings for this work. You can only get ALL of Kent's illustrations by buying some copy of ONLY THIS EDITION. If CHICAGO BY THE BOOK 101 Publications That Shaped The City and Its Image 53 - "Still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of this American classic."; Grolier Club A CENTURY FOR THE CENTURY 22 .</p> The Lakeside Press hardcover
1930374720Chicago: Lakeside Press issued by Random House 1930. One of 1000 sets. 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 3 vols. 4to. Publisher's black cloth stamped in silver with design by Kent. Some offsetting to pages otherwise near fine in like original aluminum slipcase. Kent Rockwell. One of 1000 sets. 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 3 vols. 4to. A nice set of one of the most famous illustrated American books of the twentieth century<br /> <br /> In 1926 The Lakeside Press launched their 'Four American Books' campaign that aimed to produce illustrated books to rival those of the private presses of Europe. Moby Dick is widely considered the greatest of the four. Rockwell Kent saw his illustrations as "literary woodcutting" although his illustrations are not woodcuts but rather ink and wash. So successful and captivating were Kent's designs that this edition is credited with finding the novel a wider audience and cementing the status of Moby Dick as an American classic. William Kittredge Director of Design and Typography at the Lakeside Press was so bold as to tell Kent: "We will all go jump in the lake if this book is not the greatest illustrated book ever done in America Lakeside Press, issued by Random House unknown
193016496Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. black cloth with decorations and title stamped in silver top edge stained black aluminum slipcase. Kent Rockwell. 4to. black cloth with decorations and title stamped in silver top edge stained black aluminum slipcase. xxvii 1 279; vi 2 284; vii 1 282 5 pages. With a total of 280 illustrations by Rockwell Kentprinted in black. Three volumes. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies printed by the Lakeside Press under the supervision of William A. Kittredge The Artist and the Book no.140; Bolton p.94; Blumenthal The Printed Book in America plate 48. Lacking the publisher's acetate jackets. Spines with a hint of fading very minor rubbing to volume one and two slight offsetting of the engravings to the opposite pages else a fine set of one of the finest productions produced by The Lakeside Press.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> One of the most notable of Kent's illustrated books and a classic interpretation of Melville's story. Kent had complete creative control over his edition and "spent five years researching and designing his project during which time he discovered many of the 19th-century textual and visual sources that had influenced Melville" Abrams p. 377. The three-volume set was also one of the four titles produced by R. R. Donnelley and Sons' Lakeside Press under the "Four American Books" campaign with the other three being Edgar Allan Poe's Tales Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. It was Moby Dick however that was hailed as among the great American illustrated books of the century and it is also credited with reviving public interest in a sublime but difficult novel.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> The book contains 280 striking wood cuts by Kent which are reproduced to illustrate Melville's classic nineteenth century whaling novel. Beautiful silver-stamped cover and spine design by Kent. Epilogue at rear.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> "The most lasting contribution of the undertaking though was Kent's Moby Dick. Still regarded as the definitive illustrated edition of this American Classic it positioned Chicago as a major center in the history of American book illustration design and production" Coventry "Four American Books Campaign" Chicago by the Book p.121. The Lakeside Press unknown
1930140946580Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. Limited Edition. Near Fine/Poor. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies. Three volumes in publisher's acetate jackets and aluminum slipcase. Near Fine with minor sunning to panels and light bruising at spine ends. Trivial staining to spine panel of volume two with slight staining to top edges. Silver stamping is stunning and bright. Light offsetting from plates throughout each volume. In Poor acetate jackets that are shrunken yellowed and chipped with large areas of loss and spines mostly perished. Aluminum case is bright with light rubbing and wear.<p> A simply stunning set and a crowning achievement of Machine Age book design whose publication helped to propel Moby Dick out from semi-obscurity into its current fame as perhaps the quintessential American novel. The Lakeside Press unknown
1922108786London: Constable and Co. Ltd 1922-24. The Standard Edition. Limited to 750 numbered sets signed on behalf of the publishers of which this is number 250. Volume 13 contains the first edition of the novella Billy Budd which was discovered in manuscript among Melville's papers in 1919 by Raymond M. Weaver the author's first biographer. Original receipt of purchase dated 1924 and publisher's promotional slip laid in to first volume. A beautiful set in the original cloth. 16 vols octavo. Original blue cloth titles to spines gilt boards and spines decorated with interlace pattern in blind dark red coated endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. Small hairline crack to lower spine of Vol. 15 neatly repaired a few spines very faintly sunned. A fine set in exceptionally bright cloth. BAL 13682-3 for Vols. 13 & 16. hardcover
1930140947398Chicago: The Lakeside Press 1930. Deluxe Limited Edition. Near Fine. First edition thus limited to 1000 copies. Three volumes bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in silver; housed in the original aluminum slipcase. Near Fine with fading and droplet staining to spines faint rubbing to boards and slight offsetting to contents from plates. Light soiling at rear endpaper of Volume II; aluminum case is bright with light rubbing and wear. A handsome set and a crowning achievement of Machine Age book design whose publication helped to propel Moby Dick out from semi-obscurity into its current fame as perhaps the quintessential American novel. The Lakeside Press unknown
1922022590London: Constable. 1922-24. Complete in 16 volumes. Original blue cloth. The shade of blue of several volumes is lighter than that of the othersa manufacturing difference. No. 511 of 750 sets with a notation below that is indiscernible. This set is important because it contains so many first printings including the important Billy Budd and all of the poems except Battle Pieces John Marr and Timoleon a number of first book printings and the First British Printing of Clarel. Previous owners name in pencil in Vol. 16. All volumes Near Fine except Vol. 6 which has a slight bump and fading on the spine and is Very Good. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1922. Constable hardcover
1922370383London Bombay & Sydney: Constable & Co 1922. Standard Edition limited to 750 copies of which this is number 637. Printed at Edinburgh University Press. 16 vols. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth maroon-coated endpapers t.e.g. others uncut. Some rubbing to heads of spines of Moby Dick volumes a few scattered spots to some covers otherwise a very nice set. Standard Edition limited to 750 copies of which this is number 637. Printed at Edinburgh University Press. 16 vols. 8vo. Vol. 12 includes a bibliography of the prose works by Michael Sadleir. Vol. 13 is first printing of the famous novella of Billy Budd edited by Raymond M. Weaver who found it amongst Melville's papers in 1919. BAL 13680; 13682-3 Constable & Co unknown
192271416London Bombay Sydney: Constable and Co. Ltd 1922. Edition limited to 750 sets this no. 287 signed by the publisher with initials 16 volumes 8vo title pages printed in blue and black original blue cloth gilt-lettered spines; previous owner's bookplate in the last four volumes only; this is as fine a set as we have handled. Those familiar with this set of Melville will know that the cloth used by Constable over a nearly 3-year period was not entirely uniform hence the slight variation in the tone of the blue. First collected edition of Melville's works including the first edition of Billy Budd Foretopman; the first English edition of Clarel a Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land; the first printings of 9 short sketches; and 15 other stories and poem sequences that appear here for the first time in book form. Volume XII contains a Melville bibliography the first by Michael Sadleir. BAL 13680 13682 Billy Budd and 13683 Poems; Tanselle 7 Moby Dick. Constable and Co., Ltd unknown
193013018Chicago: Lakeside Press 1930. Limited to 1000 copies. 280 woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 3 volumes. 4to. in black cloth over bevelled boards with design by Rockwell Kent blocked in silver on covers and spine in the original aluminium slipcase. Some fading and slight mottling to spine and wear to very edges some rubbing to cloth internally a very clean unopened copy.The Artist & the Book 140 Lakeside Press hardcover
19325976Etching of a Hawaiian woman. Nice virgin image never framed. Hinges to top edge. Full margined 9 3/4 x 8 inches image; 14 x 10 1/4 inches overall.
192271800London:: Constable and Company Ltd. 1922-1924. Standard Edition; No. 639 of 750 copies Vol. XVI has been supplied from another set. publisher's blue blind-stamped and gilt-lettered cloth t.e.g. 14 of the 16 volumes are in printed dust jackets. The untrimmed fore-edges are lightly foxed; first few and last few leaves of Billy Budd Vol. XIII and Poems Vol. XVI also lightly foxed. All the volumes are bright and unworn except for Vol. XVI Poems which is slightly dulled at the spine. The dust jackets are sunned at the spine; some with a few tiny chips. . 8vo. Additional postage applicable for this multiple-volume set. Constable and Company Ltd., hardcover
194184279Paris: Gallimard 1941. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1941 14.50 x 21 cm broché Moby Dick Gallimard Paris 1941 145x21cm original wrappers. First edition of the French translation by Lucien Jacques Joan Smith and Jean Giono one of 112 numbered copies on alfa only deluxe copies grand papier after 7 on Chine and 55 on pur fil. A fine and very rare deluxe copy of this masterpiece of American literature. Gallimard unknown
192516290JLondon: Jonathan Cape 1925. America’s greatest novel signed by one of our greatest Presidents. This book President Franklin D. Roosevelt has inscribed it on the front blank as follows: "Junior Debating Society Prize Groton School 1942 / David Seall Biddts / from Franklin D. Roosevelt." This copy of Moby Dick is bound in half brown morocco binding with the Groton School seal stamped in gold on the front cover. The book is the prize Roosevelt gave and awarded to the winner of that year's debate competition. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was home schooled until the age of 14 after which he attended exclusive preparatory Groton School for grades 8 to 12 on his way to the mandatory 4 years at Harvard University. Roosevelt probably read Melville's great novel at Groton or Harvard and that it impacted his intellectual life thereafter. FDR had a lifelong interest in the nautical world with collecting of Naval prints and autographs as well as serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson. His Delano relations consisted of whalemen China Traders opium dealers and deepwater mariners including Amasa Delano protagonist in Melville's Benito Cereno. Obviously Moby Dick was a book he held in high esteem. According to Heilicher's monograph The Education of Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt was an active member of the Groton debate team. As president he continued to support the school and its activities sponsoring the prize for the annual Junior Debating Society competition. Interestingly this edition is a scarce 20th century reprint of Moby Dick not appearing in Tanselle or BAL. The copyright page reads "The Library Edition of Herman Melville's Works. First published 1925. Printed in USA." Leather binding shows rubbing at joints and corners. Text and inscription clean and fresh. 8vo 20 cm. xii 545 pp. b/w plates. Enclosed in a custom clamshell box. Jonathan Cape hardcover
1996Manohar-9780415137423Routledge 1996. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
1996Manohar-9780415137423Routledge 1996. Hardcover. New. Routledge hardcover
1923323674London: Constable 1923. Standard Edition. One of 750 sets numbered and initialled by the publisher. 12 vols. 8vo. Contemporary blue half-morocco with gilt for Brentano's. Slightest traces of rubbing to three volumes. Standard Edition. One of 750 sets numbered and initialled by the publisher. 12 vols. 8vo. Publication of this edition contributed materially to the renewal of interest in Melville's writings. This set is complete through Vol. 12 The Confidence Man 1923 which includes a bibliography of first editions of Melville's prose writings compiled by Michael Sadleir. Volumes 13 to 16 were published in 1924. BAL 13680 Constable unknown
19303430New York: Random House 1930. First Trade Edition. Leather Bound. Very Good. Rockwell Kent. Rockwell Kent. First Trade Edition. Leather Bound. 1 vol. Herman Melville Moby Dick or the Whale. <br /> First Trade Edition. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Inscribed to Nathaniel Hawethorne. Bound in full midnight blue Morocco leather with gilt border on covers and spine panels. Gilt whale’s tail wrapped in rope on covers. Gilt motifs on ship and anchors on spine panel compartments. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Raised bands on spine. Published New York: Random House 1930. <br /> H:7 1/4†W: 5 3/4†D: 2â€. Random House unknown
1930177032New York: Random House 1930. Thar she blows! First Rockwell Kent trade edition in a handsome binding by the Chelsea Bindery. Kent's imagining of Melville's classic first published earlier that year by the Lakeside Press of Chicago in a three-volume limited edition has been hailed as a masterpiece of 20th-century book illustration and credited with reviving public interest in this sublime but difficult novel. Kent was given complete creative control over the illustrations and "spent five years researching and designing his project during which time he discovered many of the previously unknown nineteenth-century textual and visual sources that had influenced Melville" Abrams p. 377. Octavo 174 x 132 mm. Profusely illustrated after pen-and-ink drawings in the style of woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco spine lettered and decorated in silver after the original Rockwell Kent-designed binding pictorial block of a whale to the spine twin rule to turn-ins silver black and white marbled endpapers silver edges. A fine copy. Matthew Jeffrey Abrams "Illuminated Critique: The Kent Moby-Dick" Word & Image vol. 33 no. 4 2017. unknown
