"The Town-Ho`s Story" in Harper`s

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Lot 125 | "The Town-Ho's Story" in Harper's
"The Town-Ho's Story" in Harper's

Herman Melville, 1851

MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). "The Town-Ho's Story." In: Harper's New Monthly Magazine. No. XVII. New York: Harper & Brothers, October 1851.



The first appearance of any part of Moby-Dick, in original wrappers. The story appears on pp. 658-665.



Quarto (258 x 167mm). Original brown printed wrappers (backstrip flaking, some wear at edges, rear wrapper detached and front wrapper nearly so). Provenance: James Gray (ownership inscription to front cover dated 13 Oct 1851).



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