Author: MELVILLE, HERMAN
Title: Omoo
Description: Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone. Limited Edition (No. 234 of only 1500). Signed by the Illustrator on the Limitation Page. The binding is white linen on which a special pattern of ocean waves has been hand-marbled in black and gray by Douglas Cockerell & Sons. The square shelfback bears a sea-green leather label gold-stamped with the title lettered by Reynolds Stone. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. It is printed at the Oxford University Press on paper which has been specially manufactured by Cowan and Sons, Penicuik, Scotland. Leaflet and Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (February, 1961, No. 327) laid in. The volume is in perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The slipcase, made of real canvas, is soiled but strong. FINE.. Wood-engraved Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 296 pp. Signed by Illustrator. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature Illustrated Book Limited Edition Limited Editions Club Herman Melville; Reynolds Stone Novels, Poetry & Literature Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
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Title: Omoo
Description: Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Illustrated by Reynolds Stone. Limited Edition (No. 234 of only 1500). Signed by the Illustrator on the Limitation Page. The binding is white linen on which a special pattern of ocean waves has been hand-marbled in black and gray by Douglas Cockerell & Sons. The square shelfback bears a sea-green leather label gold-stamped with the title lettered by Reynolds Stone. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone. Introduction by Van Wyck Brooks. It is printed at the Oxford University Press on paper which has been specially manufactured by Cowan and Sons, Penicuik, Scotland. Leaflet and Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club (February, 1961, No. 327) laid in. The volume is in perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. The slipcase, made of real canvas, is soiled but strong. FINE.. Wood-engraved Illustrations. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 296 pp. Signed by Illustrator. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Literature Illustrated Book Limited Edition Limited Editions Club Herman Melville; Reynolds Stone Novels, Poetry & Literature Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 29025
- Book number: 29025
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