Melville, Herman; Boardman Robinson (Illust.) — Moby Dick or The Whale

Norwalk, CT The Easton Press Collector's Edition pp. xxii, 615. Royal 8vo. Bound in sumptuous textured black leather over boards with elaborate gilt lettering rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured light-blue silk moire endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt. Colour frontispiece of Melville. Lovely colour illustrations throughout by Boardman Robinson. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Appears unread; as new.