[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of one of Melville's Scarcest Books, 1849

[Charles Agvent]

MELVILLE, Herman. REDBURN: HIS FIRST VOYAGE. BEING THE SAILOR-BOY 
CONFESSIONS AND REMINISCENCES OF THE SON-OF-A-GENTLEMAN, IN THE MERCHANT 
SERVICE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. First Edition. Original 
brown cloth, 390 pages. BAL 13660. Second state with extended ads, 
although Schwartz claims the configuration of ads here indicates the 
first issue. In all only about 4500 copies were printed with about 300 
of those destroyed in the 1853 Harper's warehouse fire. Erased signature 
on the front endpaper. Chipping of spine to text block and heavy 
spotting of cloth. Marginal old dampstaining throughout. A Good or 
better copy of one of Melville's less common titles. (#000151)        
$450.00

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