by Herman Melville
Deluxe limited edition with illustrations by Rockwell Kent
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. First edition thus, limited to 1,000 copies. Three volumes bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in silver; housed in the original aluminum slipcase. Near Fine with fading and droplet staining to spines, faint rubbing to boards, and slight offsetting to contents from plates. Light soiling at rear endpaper of Volume II; aluminum case is bright with light rubbing and wear. A handsome set and a crowning achievement of Machine Age book design, whose publication helped to propel Moby Dick out from semi-obscurity into its current fame as perhaps the quintessential American novel.