New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First Edition. thick 8vo., viii, 864pp.; VG-; spine brown cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamping, same on front board, only blind-stamping on rear board; protected with a mylar covering; cloth on front hinge separated, cloth on spine beginning to peel, still attached; some wear to rear hinge, corners, head and tail of spine; mild foxing throughout; small booksellers sticker on front pastedown; First publication of any part of Moby Dick; "The Town-Ho's Story" on page 658, which became Chapter 54 of the novel, still at that time titled "The Whale,"; NM consignment; shelved case 2. More about HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME III. JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1851. [CONTAINS MOBY-DICK, THE...

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, 634pp.; G+; spine green cloth with gilt lettering; original publisher's cloth, original orange endpapers, with the publisher's circular device blindstamped on the front and rear boards; spine partially faded to tan, with gilt lettering also partially faded, some small brown discoloration to spine edge; endpapers have some discoloration; moderate foxing throughout; six pages of publisher's ads; binding slightly loose; top edge of front hinge of front board has a repaired tear; BAL 13664; HC consignment; Shelved Case 2. More about MOBY-DICK, OR, THE WHALE

London: John Murray, 1847. First British Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 321 pages; VG; bound in contemporary half-burgundy calf, marbled boards, rebacked with modern burgundy cloth, gilt titling to spine; mild wear and rubbing to boards; lacking terminal ads. BAL 13655: State C of page 209, no priority; frontispiece map.; WD consignment; shelved case 2. More about OMOO: A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1977. [The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written]. Royal octavo; vg condition; black leather spine with gilt lettering/designs and 4 raised bands; boards have minor shelf wear and bumping, small specs of white paint along head/tail edges of boards (not along textblock exterior), some wear to gilded designs on front cover; text block, clean; all edges, gilt; sewn-in ribbon bookmark; 615pp. More about MOBY DICK or THE WHALE [Collector's Edition

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1937. Octavo; pp 822; G+/no-DJ; sunned gray spine with gilt text and gilt illustration; gilt borders and illustration to front; cloth has some scratches to front and partially sunned rear board; chipping to spine edges; text block has some age toning to exterior edges; light toning to interior; numerous woodcut illustrations; frontispiece; minor cracking to front gutter. More about Moby Dick or the Whale