by Herman Melville
First edition thus in the scarce dust jacket
New York: Random House, 1930. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's original black cloth elaborately stamped in silver on the upper board and spine. Near Fine with light wear to corners, minor foxing to all edges, and contents tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and panels. Minor wear at extremities with two short splits to the rear flap fold. A lovely copy of Melville's seafaring classic illustrated by Rockwell Kent.