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Live Auction

Day 1: Fine Art & Decorative Works

Thu, Jul 16, 2015 05:00PM EDT - Fri, Jul 17, 2015 05:00PM EDT
Lot 255

<em>Moby Dick</em> by Herman Melville,

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Illustrated and Signed by Rockwell Kent New York: Random House, 1930, first trade edition of this sought-after version of one of the greatest American novels, signed by Kent on the front free endpaper, in original dust jacket, 7-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise very good in original black cloth lettered and decorated in silver and in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a bit of wear at the extremities, a tiny bit of loss at the front top corner and top of the spine, and one scratch at the bottom of the back of the jacket, still quite lovely. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia Collection

Condition

bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise very good in original black cloth lettered and decorated in silver and in a very good pictorial dust jacket with a bit of wear at the extremities, a tiny bit of loss at the front top corner and top of the spine, and one scratch at the bottom of the back of the jacket, still quite lovely