MOBY DICK BY HERMAN MELVILLE 1930 FINE RIVIERE BINDING

[MELVILLE, HERMAN]. Moby Dick, or the Whale. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Ney York: Random House, 1930.

First edition thus. Hardcover. Full leather. Octavo (180 x 135 mm.), pp. [xxxi], 827. English text. Exquisite contemporary binding of full polished red calf by Riviere & Son (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet). Spine with five raised bands and fully gilt ruled, tooled and lettered; nautical centre tools in four compartments, twin morocco lettering pieces in second and fourth compartments. Boards with triple gilt ruled frames and floral corner pieces. Gilt blocked ship to front board. Board edges gilt ruled echoing the inner gilt dentelles. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half-title present. Profusely illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy and without previous ownership markings