Melville, Herman

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. VOLUME III. JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1851. [CONTAINS MOBY-DICK, THE TOWN-HO'S STORY]

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First Edition. Octavo, viii, 864 pages; Fair; contemporary three-quarter leather binding, boards in green marbled paper; spine paneled, with gilt lettering; housed in mylar bag; some shelf wear and minimal soiling; mild wear to corners; small chip missing at tail of spine; spine loose, with lining exposed, attached at front joint; back joint split, with board literally hanging by a thread; marbled endpapers; mild foxing throughout; this is the 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,"; pages clean; shelved Case 2.

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