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The Lakeside Press, Chicago, 1930. Hardcover. First edition thus. Three volumes silver decorated black cloth, 30cm., 279, 284, 282 pages. Limited to 1000 copies. Beautifully illustrated by Rockwell Kent who worked lovingly on the project for years. Rockwell Kent was originally approached in 1926 by Donnelley and Sons, Lakeside Press to do illustrations for Richard Henry Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. Kent rejected that idea but suggested "Moby Dick" instead. Kent was given complete freedom to design and illustrate the three-volume set. In the midst of the depression this deluxe edition sold out and the trade editions sold well also helping "Moby Dick" (which had been an obscure novel until rediscovered by critics in the 1920's) become even more popular. Melville would have loved the internet as parts of his novel reads like a Google search result. One of the finest American illustrated books ever done by an illustrator who was described in his New York Times obituary as ".a thoughtful, troublesome, profoundly independent, odd and kind man who made an imperishable contribution to the art of bookmaking in the United States." It is obvious that Kent cared much about the book and lavished his time and talent on it . One of Kent's drawings for "Moby Dick" appeared on a U.S. postage stamp in 2001. Very good condition, clean copies with no markings or bookplates inside. No slipcase.
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