1930 Rare First Edition - Moby Dick by Melville illustrated by Rockwell KentAuthor: Herman Melville. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Title: Moby Dick, or The Whale. Publisher: New York, Random House, 1930. First one volume illustrated edition by Rockwell Kent. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5 " X 6 ". Pages: xxxi 822 pages. Binding: Attractive and near fine binding in the original publishers black cloth with striking silver pictorial stamping to front cover and spine. The front board features Kents iconic image of the

names of owners on the endpapers and the lower part of the title page - as shown

Title: Les Contes des Fées

as he helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Aphra Behn and Samuel Richardson

The book includes a collection of traditional Native American folk tales and legends

Author: Stephanus Johannis Stephanius

the death of Moses on Mount Nebo

Title: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

Printed offset (600 copies)

The shift from a positive portrayal in the first edition to a more critical perspective in the second edition reflects the changing perceptions of Napoleon's ambitions and actions among the British public

printed from the original manuscript housed at the Collège Ste Marie in Montreal

Pages: 169

Estimate: (USD 450 - USD 500)