Moby Dick; Or, The Whale.

First edition, first issue binding, with the circular Harper's device of Melville's masterpiece. Octavo, original "A" red cloth with publisher's circular device and a heavy rule frame on the front and rear panels, original orange-coated endpapers. In excellent condition with a neat and sympathetic repair to the joints. Housed in a custom full morocco clamshell box with whale motif inlayed in white to covers and in gilt on spine. A very nice example.