Moby Dick or The Whale (Britannica Great Books of the Western World series Vol 48)
de Herman Melville
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- as new
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- Estado
- As New /No Jacket
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Boat of Garten, Highland, Highland, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Encyclopaedia Britannica/University of Chicago. 1982 Encyclopaedia Britannica/University of Chicago reprint hardback, Great Books of the Western World, Volume 48 in this series; olive linen boards with black faux leather spine with gilt titling and crest, gilt top page edge; no dj as issued; as new condition, unread, lightly aged in storage; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . As New. Hardback. 1982.
Sinopsis
Melville's classic was first published in England as three volumes titled The Whale in October 1851. Slow sales of Melville's previously books convinced Publisher L. Richard Bentley to reduce the printing to only 500 copies, and of that, only 300 sold in the first 4 months. The remaining unbound sheets were bound in a cheaper casing in 1852, and in 1853 there were still enough remaining sheets to again bind into an even cheaper edition. Melville changed the title to Moby Dick a month later, November 1851, when the American Version was published in one volume by Harper & Brothers in NY. Of the 2,951 copies printed, 125 were review copies. About 1,500 sold in 11 days, but then sales slowed to less than 300 the next year. After two years copies of the first edition were still available, and almost 300 were destroyed in the 1853 fire of Harper's warehouse. Most of the first editions have orange end-papers, although there are 2 known volumes with rare white-endpapers. Because of Nineteenth-century printing practices, and the time-lapse between when the first-editions were published and Melville became collectible, oxidized paper, bumped and chipped spines, and brittle wrappers are all common for even the most expensive and collectible of these books, which can sell from $35,000 to $100,000. Also, expect heavy wear and maybe even minor repair. Another collectible edition is the 1930 first edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent, a three-volume set published by the Lakeside Press with acetate dust jackets in an aluminum slipcase. These range in value from $9,000 to $11,000. A total of 3,215 copies of Moby-Dick were sold during Melville's life (he died in 1891). Today, Moby-Dick is considered one of the greatest American novels. -
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El Mar 9 2016, un lector dijo:
Why would this be 600 since the original was in 1851?
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Detalles
- Librería
- Books of Garten
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- H461m48
- Título
- Moby Dick or The Whale (Britannica Great Books of the Western World series Vol 48)
- Autor
- Herman Melville
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo As New
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Encyclopaedia Britannica/University of Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1982
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- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
