MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby Dick; or The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. — KENT, ROCKWELL, illustrator.

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Estimate: $2,000–$3,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts including Historical Photographs, Los Angeles · 16 October 2013
Record ID: TB-2026-2102062
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Rockwell Kent, MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby Dick; or The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Bonhams, 16 Oct 2013, lot 2225. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2102062.

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Rockwell Kent, MELVILLE, HERMAN. Moby Dick; or The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930. Bonhams, 16 Oct 2013, lot 2225. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2102062.

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