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MOBY DICK

• "MOBY DICK" OR THE WHALE BY
  "MOBY DICK" OR THE WHALE BY HERMAN MELVILLE,ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT, 1/2 LEATHER BOUND BOOK, PUBLISHED BY RANDOM HOUSE, NY, 1930, 7 1/4" X 5 1/2", 822 PAGES, REMARKED AS A GIFT ON THE BLANK FRONT PAGE. VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SLIGHT RUBBING AND CRACKING TO SPINE, BOARD CORNER HAVE SLIGHT LOSS.
• MELVILLE HERMAN Moby Dick or The
  MELVILLE HERMAN Moby Dick or The Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. New York: Random House 1930. 8vo decorative blue cloth dust jacket. First trade edition. Marginal chipping to jacket with some loss at corners; light offsetting from illustrations; otherwise good. [Together with:] This is My Own. By Rockwell Kent. New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce (1940). 8vo decorative cream cloth. First edition. Signed by Kent on the f.f.e.p. Soiling to boards; lacking dust jacket; ends bumped; darkening to endpapers.
• BOOK: MELVILLE, HERMAN. MOBY DICK
  BOOK: MELVILLE, HERMAN. MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE. N.Y. RANDOM HOUSE 1930. ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT.,BOOK: MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby Dick Or The Whale. N.Y. Random House 1930. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
• HERMAN MELVILLE, MOBY DICK, 1930
  HERMAN MELVILLE, MOBY DICK, 1930 FINE BINDING Moby Dick or The Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Random House, 1930, full leather binding, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker, top page edges gilt, gold stamped rules and anchor decorations, 7"h x 5.5"w
• HERMAN MELVILLE'S “MOBY DICK OR THE
  HERMAN MELVILLE'S “MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE” ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENTHERMAN MELVILLE'S "MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE" ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT, New York: Random House, 1930. Profusely illustrated by Rockwell Kent, considered a masterpiece of 20th Century book illustration. Hardcover, cloth bound, with dust jacket. Provenance: Libris James Marenakos, Chester, Nova Scotia, library i.d. #145
• 11 BOOKS TITLED "MOBY DICK" BY
  11 BOOKS TITLED "MOBY DICK" BY HERMAN MELVILLE.(1) ILLUSTRATED WITH SCENE OF THE MOVIE STARRING JOHN BARRYMORE. (2) FATHER & SON LIBRARY EDITION 1928. (3) ILLUSTRATED BY RAYMOND BISHOP, 1935. (4) ST. BOTOLPH SOCIETY, 1892. (5) ILLUSTRATED BY OTTO FISCHER, 1ST EDITION, 1949. (6) GEORGE JACOBS, DAMAGED SPINE AND LOOSE PAGES. (7) ILLUSTRATED BY ALFRED CONGERS, 1931. (8) ADAPTED BY DANIEL TEMPLE WITH GREAT DUST JACKET. (9) ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT, LAKESIDE PRESS, 1930. (10) ILLUSTRATED BY ANTON OTTO FISCHER, WINSTON CO., 1931, NICE DUST JACKET. (11) ADAPTED BY VERNE BROWN, 1948.
• WALLACE PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN
  WALLACE PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN, SIGNED, Wallace Putnam. Moby Dick Seen Again: Diary of an Artist Reading Melville's Book. Blue Moon Press, 1975, #11/365 with a loose lithograph signed by the artist, enclosed in folding clamshell case, 10.5"h x 13"w
• LEROY NEIMAN (AMERICAN, 1921 -
  LEROY NEIMAN (AMERICAN, 1921 - 2002), "MOBY DICK OR, THE WHALE" ARTIST'S LIMITED EDITION BOOK, ILLUSTRATED BY NEIMAN 4 ?" x 8 ¾" "Moby Dick Or, The Whale." The Artist's Limited Edition by Herman Melville, preface by Jacques Cousteau, published by The Artist's Limited Ed: [Mount Vernon, New York], limited edition 1153 / 1500. Thick folio full brown pictorial morocco stamped in gilt. Color serigraph frontispiece cut from book and framed, signed in pencil in the lower right margin, numbered in pencil 1153 / 1500 in the lower left margin, under glass with green mat and linen liner, contemporary blue and chrome colored frame, overall 23 ½" x 20 ½". Twelve double-page color plates.
• 13 VINTAGE BOOKS RELATED TO
  13 VINTAGE BOOKS RELATED TO HERMAN MELVILLE,MOBY DICK AND WHALING, TO INCLUDE: "MOBY DICK" BY MELVILLE, LAIDLOW BROS, 1949, EX-LIBRIS. "THE CURSE OF THE CACHALOT" BY FRANK T. BULLEN, FIRST MATE, DODD, MEED & CO., NY, 1948. "MOBY DICK" BY HERMAN MELVILLE, 1931, SHOWS WEAR TO PAGE CORNERS. "MOBY DICK OR THE WHITE WHALE" BY HERMAN MELVILLE, 1931, NICE DUST JACKET. "MOBY DICK" BY MELVILLE, GROSSET & DUNLOP, 1925. "THE STORY OF MOBY DICK" BY FRANK L. BEALS, CHICAGO, 1949. "THE ENCANTADAS" BY HERMAN MELVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 1949. "BARTLEBY THE SCRIVENER" BY HERMAN MELVILLE, SIMON AND SCHUSTER, 1977. "MOBY DICK", EDIT BY CARL MALTBY BENSON, 1928. "WHALE SOUNDS" , PAPERBACK, SIGNED BY GREG GATENBY. "MELVILLE'S QUARREL WITH GOD" BY LAWRENCE THOPSON, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1952. "MOBY DICK" BY MELVILLE, THINES PUBLISHING, LONDON WITH GREAT DUST JACKET. "MOBY DICK, THE WHITE WHALE" BY HERMAN MELVILLE, ILLUSTRATED BY OTTO FISCHER,1931.
• PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN,
  PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN, SIGNED LTD. ED. Wallace Putnam. Moby Dick Seen Again: Diary of an Artist Reading Melville's Book. Blue Moon Press, 1975, #14/365 with a loose lithograph signed by the artist, enclosed in folding clamshell case, 10.5"h x 13"w
• PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN,
  PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN, SIGNED LTD. ED. Wallace Putnam. Moby Dick Seen Again: Diary of an Artist Reading Melville's Book. Blue Moon Press, 1975, #13/365 with a loose lithograph signed by the artist, enclosed in folding clamshell case, 10.5"h x 13"w
• 7 BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO
  7 BOOKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE TO INCLUDE ROMANCESOF HERMAN MELVILLE, 1928, LEATHER BOUND, GOOD CONDITION. MOBY DICK, 1930, ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT. MOBY DICK PHOTOPLAY TITLED THE SEA BLAST, 1925, NICE DUST JACKET, SHOWS REPAIR. TYPEE, LIMITED EDITION CLUB, NY, 1935, VELLUM BOARDS AND SLIPCASE, EXCELLENT CONDITION. OMOO, 1961 WITH SLIPCASE. EXCELLENT CONDITION. 2 COPIES OF MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE, ILLUSTRATED BY ROCKWELL KENT, 1937, GOOD CONDITION. FROM IPPOLITO COLLECTION.
• PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN,
  PUTNAM, MOBY DICK SEEN AGAIN, SIGNED LTD. ED. Wallace Putnam. Moby Dick Seen Again: Diary of an Artist Reading Melville's Book. Blue Moon Press, 1975, #61/365 with a loose lithograph signed by the artist, enclosed in folding clamshell case, 10.5"h x 13"w
• (2) BOOKS ON WHALING, TO INCLUDE:
  (2) BOOKS ON WHALING, TO INCLUDE: ROCKWELL KENTillustrated Moby Dick: or the Whale, by Herman Melville. De Luxe edition, Garden City Publishing, 1937. Hardcover, gilt illustration of whale tail on front cover, gilt lettered spine. Black and white illustrations by Rockwell Kent throughout. 822 pages. 8vo. Dated 1941 sketch of a whaleship by earlier owner on frontispage. Very good overall condition, slight fading to blue cloth boards and spine. Along with, The Catalpa Expedition by Z. W. Pease, published in New Bedford, MA by George S. Anthony, 1897. George Anthony was the captain of the Catalpa which rescued six Fenian prisoners from an Australian prison colony. 215 hand cut pages. Gilt lettered spine and boards, cover has gilt illustration of a ship. The boards show wear to edges, spine is slightly loose. Otherwise good condition. Octavo.
• LARGE PAINTED WHALE PLAQUE MOBY
  LARGE PAINTED WHALE PLAQUE MOBY DICKModern painted wood whale plaque depicting Moby Dick. 86 inches long and 19 high. Unsigned.
• CONTEMPORARY FOLK ART 3-DIMENSIONAL
  CONTEMPORARY FOLK ART 3-DIMENSIONAL CARVING "MOBY DICK"...Contemporary Folk Art 3-Dimensional Carving "Moby Dick" , depicting Ahab and crew going on the white whale Overall 24 in. x 42 in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• * ENGRAVED WHALE'S TOOTH BY J.R.
  * ENGRAVED WHALE'S TOOTH BY J.R. LAUBIN DEPICTING "MOBY DICK" MOTIFS 20TH CENTURY LENGTH 5.5".* ENGRAVED WHALE'S TOOTH BY J.R. LAUBIN DEPICTING "MOBY DICK" MOTIFS, 20th Century, Obverse depicts the Pequod tied up, three figures on shore and a quote from the book "At sea one day you shall smell land where there be no land and on that day Ahab shall go to his grave but shall rise again within the hour. He shall rise and beckon then all save one shall follow". Reverse depicts the white whale harassing the whaleship. Signed lower right of reverse "JR Laubin". * Per Federal Regulation, this item may only be purchased by a Massachusetts resident and will not be shipped out of state., Dimensions: Length 5.5".
• BENTON MURDOCH SPRUANCE
  BENTON MURDOCH SPRUANCE (PENNSYLVANIA, 1904-1967), “MOBY DICK THE PASSION OF AHAB” PORTFOLIO OF 26 LITHOGRAPHS., EACH SHEET 22” X 16”.BENTON MURDOCH SPRUANCE, Pennsylvania, 1904-1967, "Moby Dick The Passion of Ahab" portfolio of 26 lithographs. Published by Barre Publishers, Barre, Massachusetts, 1968. First edition, limited to 450. Text by Lawrence Thompson. Blue clamshell box with gilt lettering. Dimensions: Each sheet 22" x 16".
• 21 volumes of leather bound books
  21 volumes of leather bound books to include "The Adventures of Don Quixote" and "Moby Dick" and others
• "MOBY DICK" FABRIC REMNANT MID-20TH
  "MOBY DICK" FABRIC REMNANT MID-20TH CENTURY APPROX. 37.25" X 58" INCLUDING SELVAGE."MOBY DICK" FABRIC REMNANT, Mid-20th Century, Repeating design with images of Nantucket island, the Pequod, the Great White Whale, crew in a whaleboat, Captain Ahab on deck, a sign for The Spouter Inn, a sextant, etc. against a blue ground. Marked on selvage "Moby Dick A Town and Country VAT Print". Dimensions: Approx. 37.25" x 58" including selvage.
• CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL -
  CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JU...Blue cap; black coat; white sweater. Captain Ahab sailed the whaler, Pequod, in Herman Melville's great 19th century American classic, "Moby Dick". He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale, who triumphed in the chase and sunk his ship. Artist: Garry Sharpe Issued: 1959 - 1984 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Good
• CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL -
  CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JU...Blue cap; black coat; white sweater. Captain Ahab sailed the whaler, Pequod, in Herman Melville's great 19th century American classic, "Moby Dick". He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale, who triumphed in the chase and sunk his ship. Artist: Garry Sharpe Issued: 1959 - 1984 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Good.
• ROCKWELL KENT (NY, 1882-1971)
  ROCKWELL KENT (NY, 1882-1971) "Ishmael Carrying Carpet Bags", original pen and ink drawing on cardstock, for "Moby Dick", published 1930, page 11 by Random House. In gold stick frame, matted and glazed, OS: 14" x 11 3/4", SS: 7 1/2" x 5 1/2", light toning.
• (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 11
  (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 11 leather-bound books published by the Franklin Library. Pennsylvania: Franklin Center various dates. Moby Dick. By Herman Melville 1974. Women in Love. By D.H. Lawrence 1979. The Iliad. By Homer 1974. The Plays. By Euripides 1979. Tess d'Urbervilles. By Thomas Hardy (1982). Gulliver's Travels. By Jonathan Swift 1974. Six Tragedies. By William Shakespeare 1975. The Canterbury Tales. By Geoffrey Chaucer 1974. The Sound and the Fury. By William Faulkner 1976. Plays. By Henrik Ibsen 1977. The Brothers Karamazov. By Fyodor Dostoevsky (1985).
• WALLACE PUTNAM, (5) INK WASH
  WALLACE PUTNAM, (5) INK WASH ILLUSTRATIONS Original ink wash illustration paintings, each signed "Putnam" in pencil, from the book (included) "Moby Dick Seen Again: Diary of an Artist Reading Melville's Book". Blue Moon Press, 1975, #1/365 with a loose lithograph signed by the artist, this copy also with a preliminary pencil sketch for the lithograph, enclosed in folding clamshell case, 10.5"h x 13"w
• Box Vintage Illustrated Books-
  Box Vintage Illustrated Books- Rockwell Kent illustrated Moby Dick Book (1930), Nino Carbe illustrated Cyrano De Bergerac (1931), and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
• CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL -
  CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JU...Blue cap; black coat; white sweater. Captain Ahab sailed the whaler, Pequod, in Herman Melville's great 19th century American classic, " Moby Dick" . He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale, who triumphed in the chase and sunk his ship.Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: Garry Sharpe Issued: 1959 - 1984 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL -
  CAPTAIN AHAB D6506 - SMALL - ROYAL DOULTON CHARACTER JU...Blue cap; black coat; white sweater. Captain Ahab sailed the whaler, Pequod, in Herman Melville's great 19th century American classic, " Moby Dick" . He lost a leg and then his life in pursuit of the great white whale, who triumphed in the chase and sunk his ship. Royal Doulton backstamp. Artist: Garry Sharpe Issued: 1959 - 1984 Dimensions: 4"H Manufacturer: Royal Doulton Country of Origin: England Condition: Age related wear.
• ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING
  ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING EPHEMERA TO INCLUDEA MOBY DICK COMIC SIGNED BY GREGORY PECK AND JOHN HUSTON, GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARD SHIP DAUPHIN OUT OF NANTUCKET, PRINTED NOT HAND WRITTEN BY CHARLES MURPHY, THIRD MATE ON THE VOYAGE, PRINTED IN MATTAPOISETT, MASS. BY ATLANTIC PUBLISHING CO., 1879, 39 PAGES, FRONT COVER IS TORN AND SHOWS LOSS, OTHERWISE GOOD CONDITION. ON THE WHALING GROUNDS AND OTHER ETCHINGS BY L. D. ELDRED, 1920, 9 GREAT ETCHINGS, GOOD CONDITION. THE WHITE WHALE BY HENRY LEE. EIGHT MONTHS IN ARCTIC, ALASKA AND SIBERIA BY ALDRICH. 1907 LIST OF OFFICERS COMPOSING WHALING FLEET. 1854 NEW LONDON ALMANAC, PAGES 18 & 19, LIST OF WHALESHIPS BELONGING TO NEW LONDON, CT, STONINGTON, CT AND MYSTIC, CT. 3 COPIES OF IN A SPERM WHALE'S JAWS, EDITED BY GEORGE C. WOOD, 1954. NEW ENGLAND WHALE FISHERIES BY HART. INCIDENTS OF A WHALING VOYAGE BY THOMPSON. THAR SHE BLOWS, THE STORY OF WHALES.
• SET OF NINE FOLK ART CARVED
  SET OF NINE FOLK ART CARVED WOODEN "MOBY DICK" FIGURES 20TH CENTURY FIGURE HEIGHTS APPROX. 12.5”. WHALE LENGTH 16”.SET OF NINE FOLK ART CARVED WOODEN "MOBY DICK" FIGURES, 20th Century, Catain Ahab, Starbuck, Fedallah, Daggoo, etc. Unsigned. Dimensions: Figure heights approx. 12.5". Whale length 16".
• LIMITED EDITION 16 VOLUME SET OF
  LIMITED EDITION 16 VOLUME SET OF "THE WORKS OF HERMAN M...Limited Edition 16 Volume Set of "The Works of Herman Melville", numbered 311/750 of the standard edition, published in 1922 and 1924, to include Typee, Omoo, The Confidence Man, Israel Potter, Clarel (two), Pierre, Poems, The Piazza Tales, Billy Budd, White Jackets, Moby Dick (two), Mardi (two), and Redburn. Provenance: Estate of Cyril H. Moore Jr, Kent, Connecticut.
• SIX ENGRAVINGS AFTER ROCKWELL
  SIX ENGRAVINGS AFTER ROCKWELL KENT’S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR “MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE” 20TH CENTURY EACH 5.5” X 4” SIGHT. FRAMED 12.5” X 10.5”.SIX ENGRAVINGS AFTER ROCKWELL KENT'S ILLUSTRATIONS FOR "MOBY DICK OR THE WHALE", 20th Century, Removed from the book and nicely framed. Dimensions: Each 5.5" x 4" sight. Framed 12.5" x 10.5".
• VINTAGE CARVED AND PAINTED MOBY
  VINTAGE CARVED AND PAINTED MOBY DICK SPERM WHALE PLAQUE...Vintage Carved and Painted Moby Dick Sperm Whale Plaque , mounted on board, stamped on reverse, "Sperm Whale, Moby Dick,Whaling City New Bedford Mass" 5.5 in. x 12 in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• CARVED AND PAINTED MOBY DICK
  CARVED AND PAINTED MOBY DICK SPERM WHALE PLAQUECarved and Painted Moby Dick Sperm Whale Plaque , half body construction mounted on board with rope carved border, individually carved teeth and toggle harpoon motif. Signed upon the back, "R C Mitchell" 9.25 in. x 24 in. Condition: Items may have wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Please contact the gallery for further details prior to bidding. Any condition statement given as a courtesy should not be treated as fact.
• 25 VOLUMES OF LEATHERBOUND
  25 VOLUMES OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKSEaston Press 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition", including Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Paradise Lost, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, The Red Badge of Courage, The Scarlet Letter, Lady Chatterley's Lover, The Prince, The Legend of Sleepy hollow and Other Stories, Huckleberry Finn, Great Expectations, The Count of Monte Cristo, A Farewell to Arms, The Devil's Dictionary, The Brothers Karamazov, Don Quixote, The History of the Indians of The United States, The Talisman, Dracula, The Three Musketeers, Faust, Moby Dick, Treasure Island, The Analects of Confucius; together with Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", London: The Folio Society, 2003; various sizes Condition:
• GROUP OF LEATHER BOUND EASTON PRESS
  GROUP OF LEATHER BOUND EASTON PRESS BOOKS, 27 Group of twenty-seven leather bound Easton Press Books from 'The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written' collection comprising "Mobydick", "The Portrait of a Lady", "Ivanhoe", "The Odyssey of Homer", "The Sea Wolf", "Father & Sons", "Twenty thousand leagues under teh Sea", "Alice's Adventure in Wonderland", "Great Expectations", "Lady's Chaterley's Lover", "The mill on the Floss", "Vanity Fair", "Women in Love", "The Republic", "Brave New World", "The Scarlet Letter", "Grimm's Fairly Tales", "The Prince", "The red badge of courage", "A portrait of the artist as a young man", "Faust", "The Cherry Orchard", "Three Sisters", "Robinson Crusoe", "Sons and Lovers", "A tale of two cities", "Crime & Punishment" and "Leaves of Grass". Largest: 10.75" H x 7.5" W x 1.75" D.