Lot 212 · Fine Books and Manuscripts Online
the whale. london: richard bentley, 1851
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- Estimate
- $60,000–$90,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Books and Manuscripts Online, New York · 21 June 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4752390
- Record
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Herman Melville, the whale. london: richard bentley, 1851. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2019, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4752390.
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Herman Melville, the whale. london: richard bentley, 1851. Sotheby's, 21 Jun 2019, lot 212. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4752390.
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