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Moby Dick Books

Moby Dick by Herman Melville, First Edition, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Moby Dick. New York: Random House, 1930. First
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Vintage 1930s American Books

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Paper

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast, First Edition 1840
Located in London, GB
contemporary of Herman Melville, Dana’s descriptions of his voyages were influential to the writing of Moby
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Antique 1840s American Early Victorian Books

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Paper

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Second Ed., Tipped-in Signature, 1850
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville’s Moby Dick” (Bradley). It is one of only a handful of novels of the era still familiar to students
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Antique 1850s American Books

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Paper

Late 19th Century English Leather Faux “Book” Table with Classic Book Titles
Located in Middleburg, VA
English classical titles “Moby Dick”, “Tale of Two Cities”, "Twenty Leagues Under the Sea" and Robert
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Antique Late 19th Century English End Tables

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Leather, Wood

Nantucket Island BookScape Square Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
. Books on Nantucket gardens, houses, and light houses. Featuring "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

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Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

Nantucket Island BookScape Horizontal Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
bookshelves. Books on Nantucket gardens, houses, light houses, sharks, and beaches. Including Jaws, Moby Dick
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary More Prints

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Photographic Paper, Digital Pigment

River Bure, Norfolk. East Anglia. English Rural Landscape. Tugboat and Barges.
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Times illustrators award. He illustrated several other books, including Moby Dick. In 1929 he was
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

2 Giovanni Offredi Saporiti Italia Birdseye Maple Nightstands Dresser Chest MCM
By Giovanni Offredi
Located in Dayton, OH
. Together they created a series of pieces of furniture – the Jumbo chair, the Moby Dick chaise longue, the
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Night Stands

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Maple

Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and
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1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Summer Seas
Summer Seas
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 2 in
'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Herman Melville’s Moby Dick—simultaneously precise and abstract images that drew on his architect’s eye
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

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Woodcut

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Located in Hillsborough, NJ
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Blandford Monkeyrope, abstract acrylic painting on canvas
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Monkeyrope (For David), abstract black and white oil painting on canvas
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Moby Dick, Or The Whale by Herman Melville, Easton Press Collector's Ed., 1977
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Melville, Herman. Moby Dick, Or The Whale. Norwalk: Easton Press, 1977. The 100 Greatest Books Ever
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Vintage 1970s American Books

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Collection Gilt Leather Bound Library Book Twenty Seven Volumes
Located in Tarry Town, NY
" Confessions"- Virgil -Gulliver's Travels - Moby-Dick . Each book is in great condition. Minor wear. Each on is
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20th Century Books

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Pair of Borghese "Leather Bound Book" Bookends
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, making it tough to spot they are holding up your priceless copy of Moby Dick and War and Peace! A
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Nantucket BookScape Square Colorful Photograph / Max Steven Grossman
By Max Steven Grossman
Located in Greenwich, CT
on Nantucket gardens, houses, and light houses. Featuring "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville, "Nantucket
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By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island
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Located in Hamburg, PA
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Late 20th Century American Books

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"Ulysses" by James Joyce First English Edition, No.251/2000, circa 1922
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
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Rockwell Kent Plate, Salamina
Located in Phoenix, AZ
printmaker and illustrator. He illustrated many books but his most notable was Herman Melville's Moby Dick.    
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Greenland Mother Nursing Child
By Rockwell Kent
Located in San Francisco, CA
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'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
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'Books' 1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville. Moby Dick. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Bound in 3/4 Green morocco
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Books, Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" First Trade Edition
Located in New York, NY
, Illustrated Books.
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Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 volume. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Bound in full blue calf by Riviere, all edges gilt, raised bands, ornate gilt On spine, nautical gilt design on front cover. Published...
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Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
H 7.25 in W 1.75 in D 5.5 in
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in 3/4 blue morocco and linen
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Mid-20th Century American Books

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1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
H 7.25 in W 2.25 in D 5.5 in
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Trade Edition. Bound in full blue morocco with the
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Mid-20th Century American Books

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Leather

1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
H 7.25 in W 2 in D 5.5 in
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Located in New York, NY
1 Volume. Herman Melville, Moby Dick. First Rockwell Kent Edition. Bound in full blue morocco with
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20th Century American Books

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H 7.25 in W 2.25 in D 5.75 in
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Located in New York, NY
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1 Volume, Herman Melville, Moby Dick
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the 2009 Limited Edition from the Folio Society
Located in Leeds, GB
Solander casing, Folio Society limited edition volume and accompanying Commentary, both books new
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Set of Three 20th Century Leather Bound and 22-Karat Gold Classic Books
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Set of three classics, Moby Dick, Gone With The Wind and Washington D.C. leather bound books
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Untitled Monkeyrope, abstract charcoal drawing on paper
By Ron Shuebrook
Located in Halifax, Nova Scotia
“monkeyrope” that was the line that attached a whaler to his vessel– as in Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick”, one
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