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Lot 164
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). White Jacket; or the World in a Man-of-War. New York: Harper, 1850.
8vo. 6pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. Original slate blind-stamped cloth, yellow coated endpapers (chipping and minor losses to spine with a few repairs, wear to corners and edges). Provenance: W. H. Jewett (signature, 1850); Skaneateles Library Association (gift bookplate from William Marvin).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST BINDING, published in the same year as the first London edition. BAL 13662.