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From the Library of Christian Heuer

Melville, Mardi: and a Voyage Tither, 1849

Lot Closed

July 9, 03:09 PM GTNN

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

From the Library of Christian Heuer

MELVILLE, HERMAN

Mardi: And a Voyage Tither. New York: Harper And Brothers, 1849


2 volumes, 8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, publisher's brown cloth stamped in blind, spine gilt, yellow endpapers, collects or's blue cloth chemises and morocco-backed slipcase, staining to endpapers, foxing, boards slightly soiled


This first American edition was issued a few days after the scarce English triple-decker.


LITERATURE:

BAL 13658


PROVENANCE:

Philip M. Neufeld (his sale, Christie's, 25 April 1995, lot 206)



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